You know how there’s that sort of informal recommendation that you replace your smoke-alarm batteries twice a year when daylight-savings time changes? Vanessa of Feministing says there’s a similar movement afoot around backing up your birth control after New Years Eve.
[E]mergency contraception sales more than double the days after New Year’s Eve. It’s good to see someone addressing that; this comes from a new project of the Back Up Your Birth Control Campaign.
Read the quote in context, and find a link to a can’t-help-but-giggle video, here.
To be honest you probably don’t need to replace modern smoke-alarm batteries every six months, though you should check at least twice a year to make sure they work correctly. And to be honest the day after New Years Eve might not be the best time to backup your birth control, as for at least some people the message instead might be to restock. But for those with a serious prospect of partnerships that could result in an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy it’s just as important to keep your emergency (and regular!) contraception up to date as it to make sure your smoke alarms are in working order.
_In case I forget, remind me to add
