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A senator in Zimbabwe is lobbying for prisons in the country to provide sex toys and a private place to use them. Yay! She says that sex is a biological need that must be met. 'We can’t say we don’t have money to feed and clothe prisoners because people can stay without food, but they want their sexual desires to be satisfied whether you like it or not.' says senator Sithembile Mlotshwa. Yay! I...

Here is the my VUE column that ran last week. The on-line version doesn't seem to be available so I'm reposting it here.

I was cruising the family planning aisle at my local Shopper’s the other day and I noticed something I’d never seen before. Plan B, the emergency contraceptive pill was right there next to the condoms and lube. I know that Plan B has been available in drugstores in Alberta for...

I love the comic Doonesbury. I have read it since I was a young adult and actually learned a lot of what I know about American current events and polictics from it. It was an easy entry for me - I would read the strip and then go find out about the stuff that was in the comic.I share Trudeau's values on most things and I really enjoy his mastery of satire. I also have always appreciated the female...

We've all seen those books that help parents explain where babies come from. Some of them, like the classic, 'Where did I come from?', are even pretty good. But times have changed. Sure, it still takes a sperm and an egg to make a baby, but the story of how that sperm and egg come to meet can be more complex than those classic books let on. Do these books really explain enough for kids who may be...

Well happy International Women's Day to you, Utah! So great to hear this IWD morning that the State of Utah has just voted to ban comprehensive sex education. They have voted - 19 to 10 (not even small margins here folks) - to pass a bill that would make it illegal to teach anything in public schools except abstinence only sex ed. Lovely little features of this newly passed bill include:
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