Putting Manners on a Feminist

Seattle family planning doctor Deborah Oyer routinely asks new female patients, “How often do you want to have your period? Monthly? Every three months? Or not at all?” Until she asks, some don’t know they have a choice.

Links to further available menstruation options and information below:

http://contraception.about.com/od/prescriptionoptions/ht/skipperiod.htm

http://www.arhp.org/Publications-and-Resources/Patient-Resources/Fact-Sheets/Hormonal-IUD

http://awaypoint.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/picture-a-technology-revolution-in-contraception-its-here/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-486X.2008.00330.x/abstract

http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/clinical-fact-sheets/menstrual-suppression