“An Open Letter to Officials of the United States Government Regarding What’s New in My Reproductive Area,” via McSweeny’s:

It’s summer, so I’m getting my bikini line waxed more frequently. (Ouch!) I had a little urinary-tract infection a while ago, but that seems to have cleared up. Cranberry juice is really something, especially when you’re uninsured and can’t see the doctor to check out every little searing, stabbing pain. And did you know that yogurt cures yeast infections? If only it cured AIDS, we could patent it and then withhold it from Third World nations.

on this same topic, the pill is now being attacked by doctors and pharmacists who refuse to prescribe or provide it, on the basis that it is a form of abortion, with which they personally do not morally agree. new legislation now protects these people from being terminated from their employment for refusal to dispense the pill.