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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
An Overview of How Title X Funding Supports Family Planning
Guttmacher News Release: Title X-Supported Family Planning Services Nationally and in Each State:Subsidized family planning services are vital to achieving important public health goals by helping millions of young and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Center for Reproductive Rights Sues FDA Over Emergency Contraceptive, Plan B
Center for Reproductive Rights: Center Sues FDA for Denying Women Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency Contraception:FDA Internal Memo Suggests Agency Did Not Follow RegulationsFriday evening, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed…
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Obama Administration Considers Requiring Insurers to Offer Free Contraceptives
NY Times: Officials Consider Requiring Insurers to Offer Free Contraceptives, by Robert Pear: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is examining whether the new health care law can be used to…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Contraception as Prevention Remains a Debate Under Health Care Law
The Nation: Does Contraception Count as Prevention?, by Sharon Lerner: Dozens crowded into the National Academies building in a snow-blanketed Washington last Wednesday morning to attend a meeting of the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
A Reaction to Data Showing Stall in Decline of U.S. Abortion Rate
Politics Daily: Economics of Abortion: Recession and Contraception Among Key Factors, by Delia Lloyd:For the first time since 1981, the long-term decline in U.S. abortions has stalled. And experts are…
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NYC Schools Chancellor Apologizes for Birth Control Remark
NY Post: Black apologizes for birth control quip, by Yoav Gonen:Schools Chancellor Cathie Black apologized yesterday for her off-color quip that birth control could help solve school overcrowding and for…
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British Women Weigh Legal Options After Conceiving With Contraceptive Implant
The Telegraph: The women who kept their babies after contraceptive implant failed, by Laura Donnelly: When women opt to be fitted with contraceptive implants, the last thing they expect is…
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Study Finds Teens Wary of Sexual Health Information Found on Internet
Guttmacher News Release: TEENS WARY OF INTERNET FOR SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION:Exploratory Study Shows Teens More Likely to Turn to Family Members, School or Medical ProfessionalsAlthough most teens use the Internet…
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Merck Defends Contraceptive Implant Despite Failures
The Wall Street Journal: Merck Backs Contraceptive Amid Complaints, by Sten Stovall: Nearly 600 women in the U.K. have become pregnant despite using a contraceptive implant fitted in their arms,…
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Economist Blog Post on Abortion, Adoption, and Contraception
The Economist - Democracy in America blog: Crazy sexy stupid:Family planning and birth control is one of many areas where America has gotten itself wrapped up in a decades-long hysterical…