Family Planning
Family Planning
Family Planning Links
- The Role of Contraception In Reducing Abortion Review of statistics on the relationship of contraceptive use to abortion rates.
- Reshaping Reproductive Health Information and advocacy related to the delivery of family planning services through Medicaid Managed Care in the U.S. Includes information on policies on access to abortion and family planning for Medicaid clients in each state.
- Contraception Center for Reproductive Law and Policy issues information and position statements on access to contraception, including emergency forms, around the world.
- Refusing to Participate In Health Care: A Continuing Debate Analysis by the Alan Guttmacher Institute on the issue of whether individuals and institutions should be permitted to refuse to participate in reproductive and other health care services on the grounds of religious belief or moral objection.
- The 'Illegitimacy Bonus' and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births--Patricia Donovan Article from Family Planning Perspectives about the progress of U.S. efforts to reduce pregnancy among welfare recipients.
- Family Planning - Reproductive Health Outlook Summary of the status of family planning worldwide and assessment of current needs.
- FamilyPLANet Intended to raise public awareness. Explores several aspects of international family planning, the link between family planning and the environment, and maternal health and child health.
- Are There Unmet Family Planning Needs in Europe? Study reported in Family Planning Perspectives.
- Improving Contraceptive Choices and Services Family Health International research, education and services in family planning, STDS/HIV and family health. Worldwide scope. Multiple languages available.
- Quinacrine Sterilization Outlines concerns about the safety and possible carcinogenicity of quinacrine, use of which is banned in many countries but is being considered for use in sterilization programs in poor countries.
- The Politics of Contraceptive Research Essay critiquing the development of immuno-contraceptives, also known as anti-fertility "vaccines", which aim to turn the body's immune system against reproductive components.
- Global Reproductive Health Forum GRHF seeks to promote democratic discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender on the net. (Languages: English, Espanol, Francais)
- Family Planning Services in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Surveys in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.S. identify factors determining the success of family planning in preventing adolescent pregnancy. From Family Planning Perspectives.
- Contraceptive Failure and Unintended Pregnancy Essay: Ambivalence toward pregnancy and ambivalence toward -- often downright dislike of -- birth control methods is probably a cause of "unintended" conception.
- Priority Issue: Contraception Center for Reproductive Law and Policy position statements and fact sheets about topics related to access to contraception in the U.S.
- Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health One of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Daily Health Reports. News on a variety of reproductive health issues and topics.
- Research Library: Contraceptive Technologies The Global Reproductive Health Forum at Harvard listing of articles and essays about issues related to contraception and contraceptive research.
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