birth control
BC becomes the first province to offer free prescription contraception to all residents
March 14, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer On February 28, the BC government released the provincial budget for the upcoming year and announced its commitment to make prescription contraception free for all people who menstruate starting April 1, 2023. The current program is a pilot program — it will last for three years, and may be renewed in the future. Katrine Conroy, the minister of finance, allocated $119 million to the program for the course of three years. The program will fully cover contraception options including oral hormone pills, contraceptive injections, copper or hormonal intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), subdermal implants, and Plan…
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Birth Control: The good, the bad, and the hormonal
November 14, 2016What is birth control? The most commonly discussed form of birth control is the male condom. Male condoms are a thin sheath of material, typically latex, that slides over the penis to prevent sperm from reaching the vagina. Close behind…
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Some intrauterine education
July 18, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he last time I paid for — or even thought about — birth control was about two years ago. That’s not a result of self-imposed abstinence or some ill-informed ‘rhythm method’ practice. Almost two years ago, I found the birth control…
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Sex Week @ SFU
March 11, 2015Sex shields, STI knowledge, consent, and more at this year's Sex Week! Created by Paige Smith & Eric Smith
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Men need to get on board with male contraceptives
September 22, 2014In a publicly issued release, the Parsemus Foundation declared that male birth control will be widely available by 2017. Parsemus is an organization that currently possesses US property rights for Vasalgel, the trade name for “reversible inhibition of sperm under…
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