You say "po-tay-to," she says "alternative form of contraception that would be a good idea to put in your vagina." But medical professionals report she had a potato germinating inside her, so it looks like you win.

A Zimbabwean government minister's speech urging women to stop using contraceptives because birth control is a western "ploy" that will give them cancer has been judged "alarmist."

The respectable, politically powerful golden child of the religious right says sexiness on college campuses comes from condom handouts and ends with totalitarian government.

Those of you looking for wild mood swings on your evening commute might enjoy listening to audio of Tuesday's Supreme Court hearings on the contraception mandate in the Hobby Lobby case. We remind you not to rage and drive.

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a question that sounds insane: "Do corporations have religious beliefs?"

On Friday afternoon, a federal judge in Texas granted an injunction to two Baptist universities claiming that new laws mandating contraceptive coverage contradict their freedom of religion.

Yesterday, the federal government decided to change its course regarding emergency contraception and uphold a New York judge's ruling that it can be sold to girls at any age without a prescription.

The Obama administration has proposed another compromise on the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate. And it's pretty fair! Women get access to birth control without having to pay out the wazoo and religious groups get to plug their ears and pretend everyone is still fucking au naturel.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and its sister-company Mardel must provide employees with access to copay-free contraception as part of its health-care plan while it continues its legal battle to be exempted from the federal mandate on religious grounds.

This story out of Halifax is ostensibly intended to inform readers that oral contraceptive users who experience vomiting or diarrhea after taking their pills should use back-up methods of protection in order to prevent pregnancy.

Wonder of wonders! Prominent republican and former presidential candidate John McCain has come forward and said something almost entirely sensible about the contraception debate.

Jon Stewart opened tonight's Daily Show by taking a look at the ridiculous contraception hearings that Darrell Issa convened last week. The quoting from Stalin, the "rape of the soul," it's all perfect grist for Jon's mill. Not to mention the fact that no women were on hand.

Perpetual Palin enemy number one, the pro-choice PAC EMILY's List has responded to last week's contraception controversy with an ad of their own. It uses Foster Friess' Aspirin recommendation and the woman who narrates all Kotex pad commercials to get "YOU," ladies, riled up over the issue.

Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, refused to allow women to testify at a hearing discussing a new regulation that requires employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees. Issa also denied a request to include a female witness to the hearing, stating:

On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert took a look at the war on religion that President Obama is waging via his contraception plan. Colbert turned specific attention to the path toward tyranny that we, in Rick Santorum's view, are now on. It all ends with a guillotine and some very suggestive imagery.

On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that health insurance companies must fully cover birth control for women beginning next August. Which is great! But on tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert—aided by a couple of conservative loons—pointed out the dangers of such a mandate. A clip of the segment is above.

In 1985, only 55% of women having premarital sex the first time used a contraceptive. Thanks for helping to spawn a large Gawker readership 25 years later, unintentional moms! Nowadays, Americans send a new message with their fucking: Fuck God.

About once every six months there is a breakthrough on the male contraceptive pill. Everyone gets excited for about five minutes, then realizes it's an appalling notion. Here's a reminder why.