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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...controversy over Norplant highlights a general dissatisfaction with the state of contraception research in the U.S. Numerous other methods are being studied around the world, including a hormone-releasing IUD, a hormonal badge that is taped to the arm and releases a contraceptive through the skin, a female condom and a hormone-emitting vaginal ring, which a woman can insert and remove at will. The French abortion pill, RU-486, is being actively considered for approval in several other European countries but has not been approved in the U.S. Thanks in part to political skittishness about funding contraception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Pill That Gets Under the Skin | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...window. "Hello, and how are you?" he says to one woman in a sheer blouse. He asks her for her first name, jots it down on his clipboard and hands her a number of alcohol packs so she can disinfect her skin before she shoots up, along with some condoms. "Be careful and make sure you use them, for everything," he warns. Condoms are the most popular giveaway, and many claim they always use them. Says Karen, 28, a spunky black woman with cropped hair, body-hugging white shorts and a loose-fitting top: "I got a bag full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City A Beacon On Lonely Street | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...have two goals. We want...to try and curb the spread of AIDS, and we also want increasing awareness by the public of AIDS and how to cut down on your risk," Ryan said. "Now, every time you go to the bathroom, you will see a condom machine...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: City Council Mandates Condoms in Public Areas | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

Walsh, a lawyer, said that foremost among his grievances is the fact that there is no provision for lawsuits that are the result of faulty condoms. "If the condom breaks, does the customer sue that establishment where he bought the prophylactic?" Walsh questioned. "Furthermore, what the heck is an affordable condom...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: City Council Mandates Condoms in Public Areas | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

...fascists and making no place in their world view for us--by demanding that we accept rather than tolerate homosexuals--BGLSA, Queer Nation and their allies have helped make co-existence well-nigh impossible. This weekend, ACT-UP displayed a poster which depicted Pope John Paul II and a condom and asked, "which is a dick and which is a condom?" This is blatantly offensive and deliberately inflammatory. Imagine the outcry if AALARM stooped to such a level...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: How Liberals Made AALARM | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

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