Also, many countries make more use of their pharmacists than we do, by having a number of medications, some of which are freely available in drugstores here, and some of which are prescription-only here, behind the counter and available after a brief consultation with a pharmacist. I got pinkeye in Costa Rica and got…

I think teagurl’s point was not about the new legislation, but about the idea of making BC available without a pharmacist, either, which the article talks about at the end.

I really don’t get this. It’s not like this is some obscure counter-intuitive rule like when to use affect vs. effect. It’s her baby. It’s her and Kanye’s baby. Her. Not she.

You know this is the same company that kept their coffee dangerously hot even after settling with dozens of people who had been injured by it, and ended up having to pay a whopping two days’ worth of coffee revenues to the woman who needed skin grafts because of it (and that amount was substantially reduced from the…

I’m also glad we’re hearing more stories that go against the relatively uncommon but overrepresented “heartwrenching decision” narrative. For most women, abortion is not something we agonize over; it’s a rational decision we don’t regret.

My boyfriend will almost always offer me the last slice, even if I’ve already eaten as much or more than he has. This is probably the main reason I haven’t left him even though he’s a slob.

Except that childbirth killed more women throughout history than any other cause, but sure. It’s just like taking a shit. Why make a big deal out of it?

So, I’m terrified of childbirth. I don’t deal well with pain, but I deal even less well with any type of surgery (though I’m oddly fine with shots; I guess I have this deep-seated aversion to feeling mutilated.) Should I just never have kids, or is there a way to make sure I get all the drugs I have coming and avoid…

Having used TENS units for neck pain that barely responded to highly controlled narcotics, I’m a big fan. Also the nitrous sounds fun.

Psst, I think you mean groomsman. The groom is the dude marrying the bride.

Oh my god. That just kept going!

I have been in mourning for the past 24 hours and you seriously just made my week. I will follow you to the end of the internets. I might even join Twatter.

All the ousted people need to get together and start their own site. Because those people were 90% of my reason for reading Jezebel at all.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

Bingo.

Also, a shocking proportion of babies born to drug-using mothers turn out just fine, especially if you fund early interventions (preschool type stuff, not drug interventions) to combat the effects of the poverty that usually goes hand in hand with drug abuse. My old roommate in law school was a heroin baby. Not a…

Polyurethane condoms are a thing—but they’re more expensive, and from what some people have said, break more easily than latex condoms. They also may not be as widely available; I usually see ten or more varieties of latex condoms on the shelf for every box of polyurethane, and I live in a place where there are at…

STD testing is not always cheap, though. I naively demanded a full STD screening at my annual pap smear once and ended up with a bill for $500 because my insurance felt several of those tests weren’t necessary. If you have an affordable clinic nearby, great—you probably live in a legit city. Not everyone is so lucky.

Since she was a porn actress, she was almost certainly being tested for everything. However, I will second your PSA and add the following: your insurance may decline to pay for tests they don’t feel you need, and HIV is always a blood test—so your routine pap does not include it.

Is that what’s going on? Women are wearing waist trainers at the gym? I thought I was just running into a large number of fellow gym-goers with lower back injuries. Christ.