Unintended Pregnancies

First Important Steps

Joan Malin | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: New York City, Sex Education, Ny Sex Education, Sex Ed, Mandated Sex Education, New York Sex Education, Unintended Pregnancies, Comprehensive Sex Education, Sti, National Sex Ed Week, New York News

This week is National Sex Ed Week, and for the first time in 20 years, we're celebrating it knowing New York City will now require sex education to be taught in schools.

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Just Say 'Yes' to Access for Women's Reproductive Health, Contraception

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Birth Control, Unintended Pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Affordable Care Act, Pregnancy, Contraception, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Contraception Insurance, Preventative Care Coverage, Preventative Care, Los Angeles News

Moves to increase access to preventative services are just common sense, including in the area of contraception.

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Unintended Pregnancies Cost Taxpayers $11 Billion A Year: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Abortion, Kansas Abortion, Family Planning, Gop-Planned-Parenthood, Unintended Pregnancies Cost, Unintended Pregnancies, H.R. 3, Planned Parenthood Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood Funding, Kansas Family Planning, Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood Indiana, Politics News

During a recent debate over a bill that would make it necessary for women to buy separate, abortion-only insurance policies to cover the expensive pro...

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Choices: 2011 and Beyond

Sarah Buttenwieser | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Open-Adoption, Abortion Rights, Unintended Pregnancies, Adoption, Teens Sexually Active, Teen Abortion, Planned Parenthood Teens, Pregnancy, Sexually Active Teens, Teen Pregnancy, Reproductive Health Care, Healthy Living News

When I think about adoption, I imagine it's changed -- opened up -- in part because legal abortion exists. Adoption can be a more freely chosen option than it was during those back alley days.

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A Question of Values: The Real Abortion Debate

June Carbone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rates, Abortion, Reproductive Health, Abortion Rights, Unintended Pregnancies, Politics News

Abortion, as we know from the health care debate, is about having the right values. Contraception is about women's real needs. It is time we change the subject back.

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The Power of the Pill

June Carbone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control Pill, The Pill, Unintended Pregnancies, Stupak Amendment, Contraception, Birth Control, Contraception Pill, Business News

The irony of Stupak's efforts to hold the legislation hostage is that his proposals are unlikely to effect a single pregnancy , while the health care bill he tried to derail, by enhancing contraceptive access, could prevent dramatically more.

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Feminomics: Red v. Blue Family Paradigms

June Carbone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Red States, Single Mothers, Bristol Palin Abstinence, Red State/Blue State, Unintended Pregnancies, Blue States, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Politics News

The areas of the country that have embraced the new "blue" model of family life have seen teen birth and divorce rates plummet. In contrast, "red" marriage promotion, which tries to control sex rather than childbearing, is a proven failure.

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How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion Reduction, Culture War, Children, Affordable Health Care, Common Ground, Wedge Issue, United States, Health, Legislation, America, Choice, Culture, Parent, Quality Affordable Health Care, Abortion, Culture Warrior, Women, Conflict, Pregnant Women, Unintended Pregnancies, Policy Debate, Health Care Reform, Rosa DeLauro, Tim Ryan, Health Care, Private Insurance, Politics News

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.

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A Sexologist's "Ideal" Healthcare Plan

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexual Health, Hiv, Divorce, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Unintended Pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Obama, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Style News

Let's not forget that "yes we can" applies to realizing a sexually healthy tomorrow.

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The Call for Common Ground on Abortion

Cristina Page | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Tina Tchen, Joshua Dubois, Unintended Pregnancies, Melody Barnes, Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Obama, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Politics News

In a never before attempted event, the Obama administration merged dozens of leaders from the pro-choice and pro-life movements onto one conference call line and, wisely, muted us.

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Surging Vasectomies Signal Record Births are History

Robert Engelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Population, Contraception, Unintended Pregnancies, Births, Vasectomy, Healthy Living News

There has been a reported 50-percent increase in vasectomies, and many of the soon-to-be-sterile men are telling their doctors the economy made them do it.

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Unearthing Common Ground: Why Reducing Abortions is Not the Goal

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Obama Presidency, Unintended Pregnancies, Religion and Politics, Obama Abortion, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Evangelicals, Women's Health, Health, Politics News

The call to reduce unintended pregnancies is the right one. What we must focus on now are the means: sex education (not abstinence-only) and universal access to contraceptive services.

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A New Conversation on Abortion

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Life is precious. John McCain believes that, Barack Obama believes that, Sarah Palin believes that, and so does Joe Biden. In fact, I'm not sure I have ever met a person who believes otherwise.

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