Roseanne Barr: Menopause Has Made Me a Nicer Person

Many women dread menopause. Roseanne Barr is not one of those women. Menopause had indeed made me into a nicer person, the 59-year-old former sitcom star writes in a column for Newsweek. After menopause, I discovered the joy of drinking wine, and of sinking deeply into writing and time alone. These things replaced the sex drive I had thoroughly cruised down as a youth, exploring one dead end …

Working Group Advocates For Over-The-Counter Access To Birth Control Pill

Citing growing evidence that nonprescription access does not compromise the safety of the birth control pill, a coalition of women’s health experts is working to gain FDA approval to market an oral contraceptive for nonprescription use, Newsweek reports…

Newsweek Column Discusses Stigmatization Of Women Who Place Children For Adoption

Children who are adopted receive a lot of attention in the media, but “our culture still seems to show so little respect and support for the women who choose adoption in the face of an unexpected pregnancy,” Newsweek columnist Raina Kelley writes…

Blogs Discuss Future Of Abortion-Rights Movement, History Of Birth Control Pill, Other Topics

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “The Future of the Abortion-Rights Movement,” Newsweek: In response to an article published earlier this month, Newsweek invited several abortion-rights advocates to participate in a two-day e-mail discussion about “the idea that older women are promoting the cause while younger women are uninvolved…

Newsweek Examines Increased IUD Use Among Younger Women

The popularity of the intrauterine device as a contraceptive method has increased significantly for a new generation of sexually active women, thanks in part to the FDA’s 2005 decision to broaden the approval of intrauterine devices to women who have not had children, Newsweek reports…

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