Tell me you have too much time on your hands without telling me you have too much time on your hands.
On Wednesday, just before the Senate voted against the Americans for Contraception (AFC) Act, a group set up a giant 20-foot intrauterine device (IUD) in front of Washington D.C.’s Union Station, across from the U.S. Capitol building.
An IUD is a form of hormonal birth control that is about the size of a quarter and is inserted into a woman’s uterus. It works by making the uterus a hostile environment for an egg by thickening the cervical mucus and thinning the uterine lining making it hard for sperm to fertilize an egg after sexual intercourse. It is not 100 percent effective to prevent pregnancy.
Some women have found it successful, while others have had terrible side-effects including painful periods & sex, bleeding, chills, nausea, infection and…
