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Contraception
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Scientists Closer to Developing Male Birth Control Pill
Care2.com: Scientists May Have Invented First Male Birth Control Pill, by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux: Because this year was the 50th anniversary of the female birth control pill's approval by the FDA,…
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Some Are Urging Insurance Companies to Cover Contraceptives At No Extra Cost
Wash. Post: Health insurers may soon offer contraceptives at no extra cost, by Michelle Andrews: The average American woman who wants two children spends roughly five years trying to get pregnant…
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Grant Miller on the Effects of Family Planning in Colombia
Grant Miller (Stanford University School of Medicine) has posted Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia on SSRN. Here is the abstract: There has been considerable debate…
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Op-Ed Urges Approval of Pill for Over-the-Counter Use
NY Times (Op-Ed): Let the Pill Go Free, by Kelly Blanchard:LAST month, the 50th anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the birth control pill was marked by…
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Panel Recommends Approval of After-Sex Contraceptive Pill
NY Times: Panel Recommends Approval of After-Sex Pill, by Gardiner Harris: GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A federal advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday that federal drug regulators should approve a medicine that…
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New Emergency Contraceptive Pill Prompts Debate
Wash. Post: New 'morning-after' pill, ella, raises debate over similarity to abortion drug, by Rob Stein: A French drug company is seeking to offer American women something their European counterparts…
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Meeting Need for Contraception and Preventing Teen Pregnancy Saves Money and Lives
Guttmacher Institute news release: Meeting Unmet Need For Contraception and Preventing Teen Pregnancies Saves Money and Lives: Women Deliver Conference, Washington, DC: The International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Guttmacher…
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To Lower Mortality Rate Abortion and Contraception Must be Made Legal
Ms. Magazine: THREE WAYS TO SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES, by Francine Coeytaux and Belle Taylor McGheeThe rate of maternal deaths and illnesses worldwide is shockingly high. We can and must do…
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Contraception Should be Included in Women’s Preventive Services
Guttmacher Institute news release: Contraception Should Be Among Women's Preventive Health Services that are Covered Without Cost Sharing:Officials Drafting Health Care Reform Guidelines Have Strong Evidence and Precedent to Guide Their…
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How to Choose a Safe Birth Control Method
U.S.News and World Report: How to Choose a Safe Birth Control Method: 11 Factors toConsider By Deborah Kotz Notevery birth control method is safe if you have certain health conditions; here’show…