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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Odds and Ends

By Rachel Walden • March 7, 2011

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

**Call for Interviewees:**  
  
Reporter Molly M. McGinty is interviewing patients who were denied reproductive care at Catholic hospitals for a piece for Ms. magazine. Please contact her at mollymaureen@juno.com or 212-531-1679 by Wednesday, March 9. Patients are welcome to use pseduonyms if needed.  
  
**Interventions to Reduce Early Inductions:**  
  
My local (Nashville, TN) newspaper has an article today on early inductions without medical indication. The paper reports that local hospitals implemented a pilot program that asked doctors to check a form if they were inducing labor for nonmedical reasons; rates of babies delivered at 37 to 39 weeks' gestation with no medical reason subsequently dropped from 9.8% to 4.8%.  
  
The Health Beat Blog also explored issues of inductions (including early inductions) and cesareans in [a blog post last month](http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2011/02/cesareans-and-induced-births-who-is-choosing-these-procedures-and-why-part-2.html).  
  
**Save the Date: Orgasm, Inc:**   
  
I expect we'll have more on this soon, but readers are invited to attend a preview screening of the film [Orgasm, Inc.](http://orgasminc.org/) at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA on March 24. More event info is available [on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=115465581863051). The film focuses on the pharmaceutical industry's attempts to produce and market Viagra-type drugs to women.  
  
**OBOS Stories: Submit Your Own!**  
  
Just a reminder that we are collecting readers' stories of how OBOS has touched their lives, in conjunction with our [40th anniversary celebration](/40thanniversary.asp). You can [read the submitted stories](http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/category/obos-stories) on our blog.

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