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#Contraception
# contraception - Friday 24 March, 2017
Women everywhere are rolling their eyes at this deeply dumb stat about men and the pill
Turns out 52% of men need a refresher course in sex ed.
# contraception - Friday 30 December, 2016
'A punishment from God's own hand' - the Irish got Biblical in their objections to 1985's contraception law
The 1985 Family Planning Act saw contraceptives made legal for over-18s without a prescription from selected outlets for the first time.
# contraception - Friday 28 October, 2016
Poll: Do you think the 'male pill' will take off?
The 96% effectiveness rate is similar to that achieved by the female combined pill.
The 'male pill' could be coming, it's in jab form and it works
Side-effects could delay it actually happening though.
# contraception - Sunday 2 October, 2016
Sitdown Sunday: Meet the rising star of Germany's Far Right
Grab a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
# contraception - Thursday 23 June, 2016
Ethiopia was given 69 million condoms... but might have to throw them all out
The condoms, worth millions, failed basic tests.
# contraception - Thursday 10 March, 2016
'I had sex with 40 women... I never did use condoms': Call for increased sex-ed in care homes
A series of reports produced by Tusla and the HSE has found a need for a boost in sex education.
# contraception - Tuesday 26 January, 2016
'Johnny's got you covered' - The next Jon Walters flag for Euro 2016 is here
The countdown to France is underway.
# contraception - Tuesday 24 November, 2015
This tech journalist started an internet firestorm because she wants to be sterilised at 29
Holly Brockwell says she doesn’t want to have children and has problems with other forms of contraception.
# contraception - Saturday 24 October, 2015
Irish lads demonstrate that they have absolutely no idea how female contraceptives work
“It’s weird that we have all these different versions of female birth control, and you never really talk about them or see them”.
# contraception - Friday 9 October, 2015
'By getting on that train a group of brave women made the Catholic Church and the Irish state look ridiculous'
Playwright Arthur Riordan explains how two men go about writing a musical about feminism.
# contraception - Saturday 19 September, 2015
New tribute to the 1971 contraceptive train which changed Ireland's sexual landscape forever
A musical has been written about the movement.
# contraception - Wednesday 5 August, 2015
Contraception pill reduces risk of developing womb cancer
About 300 women in Ireland are diagnosed with womb cancer each year.
# contraception - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
These guys are crowdfunding the answer to the male contraceptive pill
Does this mean we’ve reached peak crowdfunding?
# contraception - Sunday 5 July, 2015
12 things women want men to know about sex
Don’t pat us on the head when we’re *down there*, for a start.
# contraception - Friday 1 May, 2015
Irish women can now buy the most effective morning-after pill without a prescription
EllaOne can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex.
# contraception - Saturday 25 April, 2015
Poll: Should women with medical cards be able to get the morning after pill free without a GP visit?
Pharmacists think they should…
Pharmacists want women with medical cards to have easier access to the morning after pill
They want medical card holders to be able to get the pill over the counter without having to go to a doctor first.
# contraception - Friday 9 January, 2015
Women using birth control shot have increased risk of contracting HIV
Other forms of contraception, such as the pill, do not appear to increase this risk.
# contraception - Friday 3 October, 2014
Woman uses potato as contraceptive, grows roots in her vagina
Happy National Potato Day!
# contraception - Sunday 28 September, 2014
Poverty, violence and myths about condoms: What's spreading HIV?
In South Africa, more than 6 million of the country’s 52 million population are HIV positive.
# contraception - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
US companies who object to contraception on religious grounds won't have to pay for it
The Supreme Court has decided on a long-running dispute about whether companies can opt out of certain aspects of employee health insurance.
# contraception - Saturday 7 June, 2014
This condom is tougher, more sensitive and funded by Bill Gates
The University of Wollongong could receive $1 million from the Microsoft billionaire for their design.
# contraception - Monday 10 March, 2014
Teens told by Pure in Heart that condoms fail one in six times Exclusive
And in separate claims, students who attended a retreat in Knock also said they were told by speakers that they would lose certain hormones the more often they had sex.
# contraception - Saturday 22 February, 2014
These 11 designs could be the condoms of the future
Bill Gates asked for it and these designers delivered.
# contraception - Monday 17 February, 2014
One third of Irish women don't use contraception
While nine per cent say they use natural methods.
# contraception - Monday 10 February, 2014
Horny Irish students to be dazzled by world's only sexual health magician
As part of the union’s safe sex campaign, students will also be dazzled by the world’s only sexual health magician and can attend workshops by ‘Dr Sex’.
# contraception - Friday 24 January, 2014
Can a woman's weight affect the success of the morning-after pill?
The EU is to investigate if emergency contraception is less effective in women weighing 80kg or more.
# contraception - Monday 9 December, 2013
Open thread: What's your biggest turn-off?
Is it bad breath? Talking about their ex? We need to know.
This Australian condom ad was banned for being too raunchy
Watch it here – heads up, it’s quite unsafe for work.
# contraception - Sunday 8 December, 2013
Column: What you don’t know about emergency contraception (and why it might hurt you)
Revelations that emergency contraceptives were bring sold without a warning that their effectiveness could be compromised in women of a certain weight underlines the lack of holistic education about contraception and sexual health, writes Alison Begas.
# contraception - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
Poll: Do you think the male contraceptive pill will be popular?
A contraceptive pill for men has moved one step closer, according to Australian researchers.
# contraception - Sunday 1 December, 2013
Is Ireland doing enough to help the global fight against AIDS?
Charities say Ireland has traditionally been at the forefront, but on World AIDS Day they say that support is slipping.
# contraception - Thursday 21 November, 2013
8 bedroom interruptions you'll know all too well
Those moments when getting it on just goes all wrong.
Johnny's Back! The latest HSE ad for condoms is pretty funny
The message? Sometimes the sex doesn’t happen, but for when it does – Johnny’s got you covered. Watch the ad here.
# contraception - Thursday 3 October, 2013
Column: Ireland's reproductive revolution – are women now in control?
Irish women have been actively demanding the freedom to choose when or if they become pregnant for over 40 years; a great deal has changed regarding contraception, but have we come far enough? asks Fiona Dunkin.
# contraception - Thursday 19 September, 2013
Pope Francis: We don’t need to talk about abortion, gay marriage and contraception ‘all the time’
The pontiff gave his first full-length, wide-ranging interview to an Italian Jesuit journal.
# contraception - Tuesday 17 September, 2013
Column: Let's talk about sex (maybe)
Why does sex education in schools address so little about real-life relationships, sexuality, and the practicalities of obtaining contraception?
# contraception - Wednesday 31 July, 2013
Most people in Ireland have never had a sexual health test
Almost a third of people in a study said they are not concerned about their sexual health.
# contraception - Monday 27 May, 2013
Column: Let's stop using the 'floodgates' argument when debating social change
Divorce, contraception and abortion – all debates that have been been subject to the ‘slippery slope’ argument. But that’s precisely what clear legislation rules out, writes Nathan Wheeler.
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Poll: Have you turned the heating on this week?
SO FAR, JULY has been unseasonably wet and cold, with rain pouring across the country since the month began.
This week alone, 41.6 mm of rain was recorded in Dublin Airport compared to just 41 mm across all of July in 2019. The average rainfall in July over the last 30 years has been 56.2 mm, so we’re likely to eclipse that if the trend continues.
While drier and warmer weather is expected as we move into the weekend, we want to know have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
Just for a bit, to take the edge off (3203)
No (1661)
Yes, all the time (385)
Can you not think of a proper question? (328)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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