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• oops- didn't see the link above- was in a Belgian men's mag- got it.
  (posted to There has to be a better way to promote organ donation)
• "For the many who are delaying the responsibilities of marriage and child-rearing, hooking up has virtually replaced dating." What is this "responsibility of marriage and child-rearing?" If one chooses not to do either of those things, are they somehow shirking
  (posted to Et tu, NPR? Moral panic hits public radio)
• As someone with a health care background, it blows my mind every time a "new" study comes out about the under-representation of women in clinical trials. This is not "new." The author does discuss the initiative put in place by
  (posted to What We Missed )
• So. Effing. Awesome.
  (posted to Girls Rock (Stephanie/Green Day edition))
• This was on my local news as well since I live near the school- of course I was outraged and COULD NOT believe the punishment. If the rule is no medications/controlled substances, etc. then OK, maybe there should be some
  (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")

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• I highly doubt zero tolerance policies had anything to do with this. I'd imagine that any woman who was involved with the situation would see the obvious logic of WHY she had to take the pill when she did. Who (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")
• Bah. It's still bullshit that people are more worried about covering their asses than about being reasonable and decent about necessary medications. (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")
• Oy, and people wonder why I quit being a teacher. *shakes head* Another added "reason" for these "no-meds for any reason" policies is this: kids steal stuff from other kids all the time, so it's not only an issue with (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")
• In re the SCOTUS review of the strip-search looking for Advil and ibuprofen, see: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=08-479#opinion1 The majority court opinion found (a) the strip search did violate the 4th amendment protection of this student's person (b) the prior conflicting opinions at (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")
• This stupid country. (posted to Colbert takes on "Fallopian Dope")

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