mission: accomplished

Icons acquired. For sources, check my Memories marked "Icons". Chock full of quotes and more Whedonverse than you can shake a stake at :P

Tired, wired, and a bit feverish this morning - due to expected causes and will resolve sooner rather than later, just not what I needed for a Monday morning.

psa: natural family planning doesn't work

Very old news and probably common sense to anyone reading this, but after reading Salon's article about the latest assault on birth control (free day pass and all that), I was disturbed to find that the freaks who want to ban the Pill offer up natural family planning (NFP) as a reasonable alternative (!!)

I suppose if women did ovulate on a nice schedule it might work, but this NIEHS study indicates that most women don't - the potential for conception is definitely there outside of days 10-17. The Salon article also links to a study that suggests many women ovulate multiple times a month, giving NFP a failure rate of up to 25%. That's much too high to be acceptable to most women accustomed to the much higher efficacy of modern contraception (rates of other birth control methods from Planned Parenthood and the FDA).

Like I said - most of you probably already know this; you're all bright and the study is 6 years old, fer crissakes! - but I hate the idea of bad science getting currency. Forward around to those who might need it, and get pissed off at the religious nutcases trying to take your bodily autonomy away!