The mosquito-transmitted Zika virus is not inside the United States yet, but given its consequences for babies, pregnant women in the South would do well to prepare.

Ladies, it’s time you knew what your doctor isn’t telling you. Chemical birth control can have terrible side effects, including miscarriage.

In the case of no disease, prescribing chemicals with side effects and long-term health risks would be considered inexcusable by any medical standard. Except if it’s birth control.