http://theprincetontory.com/main/emergency-contraception-exposing-princeton%e2%80%99s-institutional-involvement-in-reproductive-politics/ A journal of conservative and moderate thought Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:47:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://theprincetontory.com/main/emergency-contraception-exposing-princeton%e2%80%99s-institutional-involvement-in-reproductive-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Princeton and Plan B « Equal Writes Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:04:10 +0000 http://theprincetontory.com/main/?p=180#comment-99 [...] lot of discussion about Princeton and Plan B (a form of emergency contraception) recently, from the Tory’s lambasting of the Office of Population Research’s site on EC to an article in the Prince titled, simply, [...] [...] lot of discussion about Princeton and Plan B (a form of emergency contraception) recently, from the Tory’s lambasting of the Office of Population Research’s site on EC to an article in the Prince titled, simply, [...]

]]> http://theprincetontory.com/main/emergency-contraception-exposing-princeton%e2%80%99s-institutional-involvement-in-reproductive-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Tory’s December issue packed full of homophobic, anti-feminist articles « Equal Writes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://theprincetontory.com/main/?p=180#comment-14 [...] In the feature, Toni Alimi and Robert Marsland “expose” Princeton’s “institutional involvement in reproductive politics.”  The subject of this rather dramatic article is the website run by the Office for Population Research about emergency contraception.  We’ve written about the site before here on EW; the director, Woodrow Wilson School professor James Trussell, is a pioneer for pro-choice activism and one of the preeminent American experts on emergency contraception.  The site is simply a great source of information about emergency contraception.  Alimi and Marsland, however, attack it for “going beyond merely providing ‘neutral’ information” and encouraging increased use of emergency contraception (the horror!).  They also accuse the site of an “overtly pro-choice” agenda, and “withholding or obfuscating crucial information about the continuing controversy over the safety of the drugs and their abortifacient potential.”  To which I say: for the last time, emergency contraception does not cause abortion, and providing information does not mean promoting a particular agenda.  The site is an accurate source of information, which is important, because emergency contraception is a crucial resource and should be available and affordable to all women.  Far from pushing an agenda, the site (and the OPR) provide a public service. [...] [...] In the feature, Toni Alimi and Robert Marsland “expose” Princeton’s “institutional involvement in reproductive politics.”  The subject of this rather dramatic article is the website run by the Office for Population Research about emergency contraception.  We’ve written about the site before here on EW; the director, Woodrow Wilson School professor James Trussell, is a pioneer for pro-choice activism and one of the preeminent American experts on emergency contraception.  The site is simply a great source of information about emergency contraception.  Alimi and Marsland, however, attack it for “going beyond merely providing ‘neutral’ information” and encouraging increased use of emergency contraception (the horror!).  They also accuse the site of an “overtly pro-choice” agenda, and “withholding or obfuscating crucial information about the continuing controversy over the safety of the drugs and their abortifacient potential.”  To which I say: for the last time, emergency contraception does not cause abortion, and providing information does not mean promoting a particular agenda.  The site is an accurate source of information, which is important, because emergency contraception is a crucial resource and should be available and affordable to all women.  Far from pushing an agenda, the site (and the OPR) provide a public service. [...]

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