At The National Campaign, we like to keep you firmly in the loop...so, here's some news about Plan B in case you haven't heard yet:

A federal judge recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make Plan B emergency contraception available without prescription to 17 year olds and to consider approving it for those even younger.  Many health groups have long advocated that Plan B should be made available without prescription and without age restriction.  At present, only women 18 and older can receive Plan B without a prescription. 

Read more in this piece from the New York Times.

Monday night's Gossip Girl was just as steamy and scandalous as expected. However, one of the biggest 'OMG' moments of the show was when Lily van der Woodsen pulled out one page of her "list," an extensive inventory of every man she's dated (in perfect cursive, probably on personalized Kate Spade stationary, no doubt). Her current beau, Rufus Humphrey, gasps and then lets out a sigh of relief that there weren't even more notches on her bedpost. Little does he know (or at least not until later in the episode) that another double columned piece of stationary is still hidden in her purse.

How many is too many? Is it possible to have too few? Does it even matter?

I have heard a girl friend groan, "Ugh, can not believe I'm up to number 5 already. I'm only 20!" since due to some complicated algorithm, she could predict that her "number" will have entered the double digits by her desired engagement age of 26, and that is just unacceptable. A double digit number would render her unsuitable for marriage and ensure her a lifetime full of sympathetic looks, dinners for one and of course, cats.

We all know that Chuck Norris is able to count to infinity (twice!) and that he is so tough that he can slam a revolving door. But did you know he writes an exclusive weekly column at WorldNetDaily.com where they let him talk about anything he wants?

Seriously... you can't tell Chuck Norris what to write. In fact, Chuck Norris doesn't actually write his columns. The words assemble themselves out of fear.

Last week, Chuck took on "sexting" in his column, dispensing advice to parents like Walker, Texas Ranger dispenses roundhouse kicks to the skulls of criminals. An excerpt:

We might live in a technological wonderland, but that doesn't mean it's good to eat from all of its fruits. Most especially, we can never throw up our hands in surrender to marketing and peer (or parental) pressure in order to give our kids everything the Joneses have, especially when those things expose them to others exposing themselves!

Read the rest of the article here or Chuck Norris will find you.

Here are some other little known Chuck Norris Facts:

• Chuck Norris is so tough that when child porn sees him it turns itself in to police rather than take a beating.
• Cell phone towers transmitting "sexting" messages melt in Chuck Norris' presence.
• Chuck Norris is so tough that cell phone 'send' buttons ask his permission before sending messages.
• Chuck Norris is so tough that the guy who invented the cell phone camera has gone into the Witness Protection Program.

(Thank to Marty Kramer)

Kudos to Amy Sullivan on her insightful article in Time magazine voicing concern over recent increases in childbearing among unmarried adults.

Her reference to the Murphy Brown/Dan Quayle controversy helps us remember that while nonmarital childbearing seems to have only recently recaptured the public interest, this issue has been with us for many years—in fact nonmarital childbearing has been increasing almost nonstop for decades now.

The issue of nonmarital childbearing was first raised at the national level back in 1965 with what has come to be known as The Moynihan Report. Back then, nonmarital childbearing occurred predominantly among the African-American Community, with roughly one third of African-American children born to unmarried mothers (compared to less than one in ten children born to unmarried mothers overall). Hence, the Moynihan report focused on the fraying fabric of the African-American family unit and it became mired in controversy for its racist and classist overtones.

Self Magazine's article "Single, Pregnant and Panicked" is still getting some much deserved attention in the blogosphere. Check out Storked! and read Christine Coppa's take on birth control, or lack thereof.