Martha Kempner
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Maplewood, NJ, United States
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The Biggest Mistakes Adults Make When Teaching Teens About Sex
In our zeal to prevent teen pregnancy, we told teens that sex was bad. But teen sexual experimentation is a healthy and necessary part of adolescence development. → Read More
Fearmongering Headlines About COVID-19 and Birth Control Don’t Tell the Whole Story
The last thing we need right now are alarmist headlines suggesting contraceptives and COVID-19 are a deadly combo. → Read More
Why Are More Black Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
Congenital syphilis, which has spiked in recent years, "serves as a prism for health inequities" in the United States. → Read More
How Do You Get People to Wear Face Masks? Ask a Sex Educator.
We haven't convinced everyone to wear condoms, but there are certainly lessons to be learned from decades of trying that we can apply to this moment with face masks. → Read More
Texas Foreshadows How Trump’s 'Gag Rule' Will Destroy Teens' Access to Contraception
Texas should be seen as a testing ground for what happens when anti-choice legislators gut access to reproductive health care. Teenagers, according to research, pay a hefty price. → Read More
Finally, a New Barrier Method Contraception Is on the Horizon
Ovaprene would be the first barrier method contraceptive to come on the market since the redesigned "female" condom, now called the internal condom, was released in 2006. → Read More
First Kidney Transplant From Donor Living With HIV Challenges Longstanding Stigma
'Society perceives me and people like me as people who bring death,' said Nina Martinez, the first HIV-positive organ donor. 'And I can't figure out any ... → Read More
This Week in Sex: The Penis Problems Edition
Having a curved penis is no laughing matter for people with Peyronie's disease. And you decide if a woman who disses her husband's penis on Reddit is an asshole—or a troll. → Read More
This Week in Sex: That Eggplant Emoji Is Now a Cutesy Vibrator
But just curious: Who wants to put a chile pepper (even a fake one) into their body? → Read More
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Responsible for 10% of New HIV Infections Among MSM, According to New Study
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the U.S. A recent study explored whether chlamydia and gonorrhea infections have a direct relationship ... → Read More
This Week in Sex: So You Won't Use a Condom Because You Don't Want to Throw It Away?
Puh-leeze. This is not the time to reuse, reduce, or recycle. → Read More
'Female Condom' Gets a Genderless Rebrand From FDA
After years of pressure from prevention advocates, FDA has finally given the other rubber a new name - the internal condom and a new classification. → Read More
In Netflix’s 'Sex Education,' Teens Are More Than Walking Hormones or STDs
A sex ed teacher's take on a new series that's heavy on shagging and light on the usual teen stereotypes. → Read More
More Than 30 Years Later, the UK Government Opens Inquiry Into Blood Contaminated With HIV and Hepatitis C
On Sept. 24, the first widespread inquiry into how thousands of people in the United Kingdom received contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s began with ... → Read More
Planned Parenthood Affiliates Extend Transgender Health Care Services Across the Country
As part of a larger initiative to better serve the needs of transgender patients, Planned Parenthood affiliates in 21 states now offer gender-affirming ... → Read More
The FDA Approved a Digital Birth Control Method. Should There Be an App for That?
You'll likely do more work than your smartphone with the new Natural Cycles app. → Read More
This Week in Sex: You Might Want to Skip These Vaginal 'Enhancements' and Yoni Beer
We're fine with not having jade eggs in our bodies. And equally fine with regular yeast and hops in our brews. → Read More
This Week in Sex: More Evidence the HPV Vaccine Isn't Causing Teen Sexapalooza
In case you needed more proof ... though we've been through this how many times before? → Read More
Will Second Time Be the Charm for 'Female Viagra' Pill Addyi?
After conflicts between its makers, the drug is back with a cheaper price tag and a new way to get it. Yet questions persist about whether it's necessary and whether it works. → Read More
This Week in Sex: Ohio Lawmakers Want to Out Kids for (What They Think Are) Hints of Being Trans
So are teachers going to be reporting transgender children, girls with short haircuts, students who want gender-neutral anything, or your average nonconformist teen to their parents? → Read More