From the category archives:

Contraception

Following on the heels of terrible House action against women’s health, the Senate is proving to be a safer place for women. [...]

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Leaving no stone unturned, women’s health opponents are working again to eliminate funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs, as [...]

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This piece is cross-posted from the IPPF/WHR blog The Bikini. World Contraception Day (WCD) is a worldwide campaign that promotes a world [...]

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This week, emergency contraception (EC) became available without a prescription for the first time in Ireland, as reported by the Irish Examiner. [...]

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2010 has been a special year for women. Brazil saw the election of its first-ever female president. Estimates of maternal deaths declined [...]

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Condoms and HIV Prevention

by Lori Adelman on November 23, 2010

in Contraception,Events,News

This week, comments by Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican have captured the world’s attention and brought a much-needed spotlight to condom [...]

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The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed a motion for contempt against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to follow [...]

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Over the past few years, there has been some uproar about U.S. pharmacists refusing to dispense prescription contraceptives due to their personal [...]

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Over the weekend, in an op-ed column entitled “Birth Control Over Baldness”, award-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof described a “high-tech [...]

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Akimbo is participating in The Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice, an effort meant to raise awareness and spur dialogue about [...]

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