Emergency contraception: Free in Auckland

TV3 did a small piece tonight in its main news confirming that the Auckland DHB has followed the Waikato in approving a plan to make the morning-after pill available for free from pharmacies. (They get bonus points for cleverly putting “uh oh” on the pills in their image) This is great news for women, as [...]

Payin’ the Bills

Time for some catch up, ladies and gents! Apologies that I missed my followup yesterday, my internet cut off while I was writing this post. (go figure) Let’s get down to business: Vaccination and women’s health.
Once again Labour proves its health and feminist credentials by paying the $164 million bill to vaccinate girls for the [...]

The Conspicuously Absent Word

Has anyone else noticed that the word “rape” is missing in action from the news lately? (both one and three on the TV, I have no clue about Prime, and the Dom is also suffering from a bout of rape-avoidance)
Not once have they described Josef Fritzl, who drugged, imprisoned, neglected, repeatedly impregnated, and essentially treated [...]