Blogcritics Comments on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Comment by David R. Farthing on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:49:02 EST

Dear Sweetrush: I will be happy to correct this article. Expect this correction to appear soon. Thank you for your comment.

Comment by Sweetrush on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:51:44 EST

RU-486 is NOT the morning after pill. The morning after pill goes by a few brand names e.g. 'Plan B' and 'Levonelle'. The active ingredient is 'levornogestrel' which is a progesterone. It is not an abortifacient and will cause no harm to an established pregnancy. It works in exactly the same way as regular hormonal birth control, just in a single dose - it delays ovulation so that there will be no egg to be fertilised. Much of the Plan B's bad press comes from this confusion. It is counterintuitive that one should be able to use a method of contraception after the deed is already done, but in fact it takes several days for a pregnancy to establish itself. Most doctors and pharmacists refer to is as 'emergency contraception' rather than 'the morning after pill' in order to emphasise this. I would appreciate it if the facts could be corrected in this article - they do more harm than you'd think. Some good sites (easily the best site on the net about EC) and (for general sexual health and politics) to learn more.

Comment by William Shakespeare on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:14:43 EST

From my poem Venus and Adonis: Call it not Love for Love to heaven is fled since sweating lust on earth usurp'd His name. Under whose simple semblance man hath fed upon fresh beauty blotting it with blame, Which the hot tyrant stains and soon bereaves as caterpillars do the tender leaves. Love comforteth like sunshine after rain But lusts effect is tempest afte sun. Love's gentle spring doth alwlays fresh remain Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done. Love surfeit not, lust like a glutton dies, Love is all truth, lust full of forged lies.

Comment by David R. Farthing on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:30:22 EST

Thank you Janet for correcting my mistake. I will go to the site you suggested so I can be better informed.

Comment by Janet on Book Review: America's War On Sex by Marty Klein

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 08:49:39 EST

Emergency contraception (sometimes called the Morning After Pill) is not the same thing as RU-486. The former is a post-coital form of contraception, the latter is used for medical abortions. Follow this link on the Web site of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals to learn more about the differences between the two drugs. This is the paragraph from your blog that confuses the two: As a result of this political activity on the part of what Klein calls "erotophobes" (people who hate anything sexy), most states now allow pharmacists to refuse to fill any legal prescription, though they usually refuse to fill RU-486 (the morning-after pill). New laws are being enacted to protect pharmacists who then refuse to refer patients to other pharmacies that will help them.