Have to crank up the hate to drown out the cognitive dissonance.

It’s no surprise really since most are married to republican men. It perfectly explains their anger.

Considering the vast amount of self-hatred it takes to be a *female* Republican?

Not surprising.

Theory: Facebook makes you angry. The republican grandmas I know are on facebook 24/7 and they’re all sharing propaganda with each other. know how you used to get like one conservative chain email a weeks from them? Now they do like 10 a day in the form of fb posts.

Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, NRA branch meet-ups, REI.

Er, no, that’s not the case at all. Guidelines were changed based on the recommendation of doctors.

Completely agree. I’ve been on the pill for 10 years, but no doctor has ever done bloodwork or seen me outside the yearly prescription renewal appointment. And for all of them, the only thing determining what pill I got was what was cheapest (in college, the health center had a deal with one brand, Planned Parenthood…

Pulmonary embolisms do not appear as a part of routine healthcare checkups, or even extensive testing - you basically have to catch them while they’re happening. When I was 19-20, I had a mystery illness consisting of flu-like symptoms and a low-grade fever that went on for about eight months until I happened to be at…

It should still be $0 because it’s not like you walk in and pick it up from next to the Tylenol and tampons. It’s like a flu shot (ever notice how you don’t need to go to the doc for one but they’re still free?): you go to the pharmacy, talk to the pharmacist, and they write and fill the prescription. So it’s through…

I really do think being able to talk to pharmacist, (even if they end up referring you to doctor), for any side effects or follow up concerns will actually result in more of them being addressed. I’ve never been able get ahold of a doctor over the phone to ask a simple ‘is this normal?’ or ‘do I need to come in for…

Because we live in a regressive time, that’s why.

I don’t see how it’s significantly different from getting the prescription from a doctor, from my experience. The doctors I’ve been to have asked minimal questions in my 10 minute appointments. The first time I went on the pill, the doctor put me on her default selection; there was no process to find the ‘best’ type…

Yes! This has always rubbed me the wrong way—that you simply cannot get birth control without going in for your annual, which can be frustrating if you move frequently (like I do!), if the good doctors in your area are constantly booked 6-9 months ahead (like in my city), etc. Especially now that the recommendations…

also why would that suddenly apply? pharmacists have always had to fill birth control pills, why would it being available over the counter change anything?

Fuck that noise. You’ll supply it when asked and LIKE it.

Absolutely. And I have never taken the pill (except as emergency contraception) for this very reason; and yet, the answer to this is more education, and not the requirement of a prescription. Your classmate (and I am so glad she survived) suffered the embolism with a prescription.

The problem is, I couldn’t see how anything in my annual exam would have prevented that. I specifically went in and scheduled an appointment to get my pills rejiggered when they were giving me stomach problems - but my GYN doesn’t do bloodwork. I mentioned my mom got sick on birth control pills when she started them,…

Dr. Alison Edelman of Oregon Health & Science University told KOIN she supports the new law, but points out some providers are afraid that women may not come in for preventative check-ups since they are able to get birth control at a pharmacy.

I know we’re going to hear from people saying that hormonal birth control carries health risks and shouldn’t be given out lightly, but I’d assume the health questionnaire might let the pharmacist use his/her judgement in prescribing if there is a mitigating health issue?

I’m convinced that like 90% of the “rules” for pregnant women are just bollocks made up by people who like to scare pregnant women.