Articles of category "Unintended Pregnancy Violence"

I remember packing a loaf of buttered bread so that me and my sister could run away to an old warehouse a couple blocks down the road but when we reached the corner we froze because we were terrified that we would cross the street, get caught, and get our asses whooped. That was back in the day that domestic violence was brushed aside and ignored, that cops would laugh off a wife beating.

In 1998, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved emergency contraception for sale in the United States. In the years since, the Morning-After-Pill has been routinely offered up for retail behind numerous American pharmacy counters, like Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and KMart, with a prescription of course. And in 2006, the FDA decided that emergency contraception could be of benefit to people facing unintended pregnancies without a prescription-a decision that was met with a fiery storm of controversy. But what is the Morning-After-Pill?