A few things here. First off, "how many women get pregnant per year using those methods" is the most accurate measure of the failure rate, since it reflects how the average person actually uses the method. Sure, with better sex ed and more widespread knowledge about how to use contraception, these numbers would get…

Certainly MIFEPREX/Mifepristone (what is commonly referred to as the "abortion pill" used together with Misoprostol/Cytotec is more effective (95-98%) than misoprostol alone, Misoprostol by itself is about 80-90% effective, and generally pretty safe do to for women that don't have other options. I would typically NOT…

I'm Molly from the article (and from the Jezebel article "I Help Desperate Women, And I Could Go To Jail For It). If you need information about how to obtain or use these pills, contact me at molly.blythe@gmail.com.

You know, I've been looking more closely at right-wing rhetoric around abortion, and though its arguments are couched in language about the sanctity of human life, I've noticed how frequently the issue of having "murder" be "legal" is actually central: I don't think the right-wingers have deluded themselves into…

"The question was asked, 'What could make a woman become so dark? To lose all sense of her maternity, her womanhood, and her softness?'"

Good news for those of you barely managing to snorkel through your student loan debt: today, President Obama announced an executive order that expands an existing law allowing many borrowers to cap their monthly loan payments at 10% of their discretionary income. Hooray for your $120,000 English degree!

Sex. Not seeds. i was so depressed that i literally had no sexual drive, and slept for 10 hours at a time. But now I can admit it to myself that I have a depression problem, and that in itself makes me feel more in control of myself

.... Are we the same person? My first boyfriend did the exact same thing to me, straight down to almost punching a wall. He tried so hard to get me to do anal, and I laugh about it now to make everyone feel better about it, but in all honesty, it was terrifying. I said no, and he kept trying anyway. He seriously did…

Hi! I am also mixed (French-Canadian/Sri-Lankan), but very pale with dair hair, and facial features you'd find in women of colour. I've had similar reactions when I tell people I don't think of myself as white. People can't handle anything but a Yes/No it seems...

We don't think of it as complaining. What an extremely (though expected) rude way to dismiss people talking about their lived experiences. If you don't care about our experiences, go somewhere else. If you want to know, listen and don't talk. Here's the point: we're a community of people that live similar experiences,…