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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Barack Obama, Wisconsin, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

What did we get for $1.9 billion? Nothing good. Abstinence-only education has been shown to have no effect on how much teenagers have sex - none.

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Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women Annually: Report

Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Unsafe Abortions, Unsafe Abortions Kill Thousands, Unsafe Abortion Deaths, Abortion Mortality Rate, Annual Unsafe Abortions, 70, 000 Women Killed, Sub-Sahara Africa, Contraceptive Use, Guttmacher Institute, Abortion Rights, Abortion-Related Trends, Abortion Laws, Sharon Camp, Abortion in Developing Countries, World News

(AP) NEW YORK - Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,...

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New Arizona Law Restricts Access to a Range of Reproductive Health Services

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Health, Arizona, Guttmacher Institute, Living News
Sharon L. Camp

Proponents of a new Arizona reproductive health law claim it helps inform women's abortion decisions. However, this distortion of the informed consent process only hinders access to abortion services.

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World Population Day 2009 -- Time to Finally Make Maternal Health a Priority

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mdgs, Sexual-and-Reproductive-Health, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, World Population Day, Un, Maternal Health, Guttmacher Institute, World News
Sharon L. Camp

World Population Day serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments must boost investments in global health -- especially the health of mothers.

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Promoting Democracy in Africa Requires Investing in the Next Generation

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: University of Cape Coast, Sexual-and-Reproductive-Health, Obama Ghana Trip, Ghana, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, Obama, Democracy, Barack Obama, Obama Ghana, Guttmacher Institute, World News
Sharon L. Camp

Ghana provides two keys as to how best to target the continent's scarce resources to maximize impact. First, invest in young people. Second, do this through strong private-public partnerships.

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New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Women of Color, Health Disparities, Guttmacher Institute, Iud, Women's Health, Health, Racism, Birth Control, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

A Kaiser Family Foundation report documents persistent disparities between white women and women of color in rates of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, AIDS and cancer.

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Statement On The Murder Of Dr. George Tiller

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Guttmacher Institute, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

The Guttmacher Institute joins the reproductive health community in expressing our shock and sadness at the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas phys...

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A Dangerous Trend: Dominican Republic Adopts Draconian Abortion Restriction

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Dominican Republic, Family Planning, Sexual Health, World Health Organization, Latin America, Sharon L Camp, Reproductive Rights, Unplanned Pregnancy, Mexico, Reproductive Health, Fatima Juarez, Guttmacher Institute, World News
Sharon L. Camp

If Latin American policymakers truly want to reduce abortion rates, they must focus their attention on improving knowledge about and access to a wide range of family planning methods.

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More Uncomfortable News for the Right: Decades of Work by Anti-Choicers Does Nothing to Decrease Abortions

Kelli Conlin | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kelli Conlin, Abortion, Access, Naral, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Abortion Restrictions, Guttmacher Institute, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

If anti-choice activists are really interested in reducing abortions, then they would be wise to take the statistics into account before pressing forward with further barriers to women's access.

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We're Back: United States Reclaims A Leadership Role In International Reproductive Health and Rights

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 04.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hilary Clinton, United States, United Kingdom, Reproductive Rights, United Nations, Guttmacher Institute, World News
Sharon L. Camp

For first time in eight years, the United States was front and center in advocating an increased global commitment to reproductive health and rights.

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Ignoring Evidence, Mexican States Move to Increase Abortion Restrictions

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 03.25.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Mexico, Reproductive Rights, Guttmacher Institute, Sexism, Gender, World News
Sharon L. Camp

These policies not only demonstrate a shocking lack of compassion, they also directly contradict strong evidence that restricting abortion access does not make abortion less common.

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Back Up Your Birth Control Day Gets a Boost from Court Decision

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Plan B, Center for Reproductive Rights, Guttmacher Institute, Back Up Your Birth Control Day, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

Given that the typical women wants two children, she spends only a few years trying to become or being pregnant, but about three decades trying to avoid pregnancy.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, Democratic Congress, John McCain, Bush Administration Redefining Contraception as Abortion, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Guttmacher Institute, Nancy Keenan, Susan Cohen, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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