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Contraception
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Gotbaum Report: City Fails to Provide Access to Emergency Contraception & Birth Control
Report from the office of Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York:MANHATTAN – The New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is failing to provide New…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
UK: Cardinal under pressure to ban abortion referrals at hospital
Via The Independent (UK):Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, is under growing pressure to impose rules on a hospital in north London, banning…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard Dickens, and Joanna Erdman on “Emergency Contraception, Abortion, and Evidence-Based Law”
Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard Dickens, and Joanna Erdman (all of University of Toronto, Faculty of Law) have posted Emergency Contraception, Abortion, and Evidence-Based Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
IUDs Safe and Effective, Even for High-Risk Candidates: New Study
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a safe and effective method of birth control for women at high risk of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, according to a study published recently in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
USAID Will Stop Contraception Donations to the Philippines
Via Reuters (9/5/07): Minda is a masseuse with a difference. Her caress is used to abort foetuses. The 50-year-old grandmother has lost count of the number of pregnanciesshe has terminated…
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Planned Parenthood Campaigns for EC in All Pharmacies
Planned Parenthood is asking all pharmacies to stock emergency contraception. In order to further this goal, it is asking people to join its "Pill Patrol" and report whether their local…
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NYC teens lag in birth control pill use
Via AP/New York Newsday:Teenagers in the city are about as sexually active as youths elsewhere in the country but are less likely to use birth control pills, a new study…
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Reuters: Birth control pills may weaken bones
Via Reuters (8/24):Oral contraceptive use and loss of normalmenstrual function may negatively impact bone health, according to astudy of female military cadets.Bycontrast, “greater amounts of exercise and increased milk intake…
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Time Magazine: “The High Price of Campus Birth Control”
Katie Rooney writes for Time Magazine:For decades college campus health centers have been a resourcefor budget-conscious female students seeking birth control. Because ofagreements with pharmaceutical companies, most campus clinics were…
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Colorado state panel approves abortion curb’s language
The Denver Post reports on August 2, 2007:A state board Wednesday rejected arguments that a ballot measure to define personhood in the Colorado Constitution as a fertilized egg is either…