Toback: Accessible contraceptives should be utilized to prevent unwanted pregnancy Nov 13, 2009
In New York State, there is a program called the Family Planning Benefit Program that helps low-income and no-income women obtain affordable birth control. Their eligibility is based on their income and the number of dependents they have. (Daily Orange, NY)
China's choice when it comes to abortions Nov 13, 2009
As recently as July, officials of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission said that the one-child policy "will be strictly enforced as a means of controlling births for decades to come," according to Xinhua, the state-run news agency ... Exacerbating the imbalance, about 500 women a day commit suicide in China -- the highest rate in the world, which Littlejohn attributes in part to coercive family planning. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Workplace BPA Exposure Increases Risk Of Male Sexual Dysfunction Nov 12, 2009
D., and W. Yuan of Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research and National Population & Family Planning Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices; and H. Checkoway, Ph. D. of Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle. (Science Daily)
Central Valley lawmakers split over health care abortion issue Nov 11, 2009
Hecker's group serves 50,000 women and performs about 4,000 abortions annually at family planning clinics in Sacramento and three other Northern California cities. A few rules are needed to help foster a feeling of community. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
5th ASADI conference opens in Accra Nov 10, 2009
Dr. Sory said the practice of family planning, which was identified as one of the best methods of reducing child mortality was still not popular with Ghanaians thus fuelling the menace. He however said even though the country was recording some progress in reducing the trend, the cases were still unacceptably high. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Using science to save lives of mothers and children in Africa Nov 10, 2009
For example, in settings with few births in facilities, increasing family planning is feasible, saves many lives, and is relatively low cost. The estimated cost of these priority interventions is "extremely affordable" on a per capita basis, the report notes. (EurekAlert!)
Back to Brazil After 42 Years (664) Nov 9, 2009
A major plus for women today is the prevalence of free government-sponsored family planning clinics ... Also, the woman who I trained to take over my job in the family planning clinic, Petronila, surprises me ... They asked about the family planning clinic that I had started with a Brazilian gynecologist from Recife. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Public option gives real choice (13) Nov 8, 2009
That will in turn give them a real choice about carrying the pregnancy to term - as long as health insurance plans are required to provide OB/GYN coverage including family planning and maternity care and pediatric care. If we want to reduce the number of abortions, lets have real health care reform with the robust competition that a public option would provide. (Boerne Star, TX)
‘Smart grid’ raises specter of an energy Gestapo Nov 8, 2009
"Sigh. Where are the adult conservatives? The whole world wonders. Is there such a thing as a constructive solution to any challenge our right wingers don't see as somebody out to get them?Hey, how about having fewer kids? Problem solved and no gestapo. Huh?There he goes again, advocating a family planning gestapo.Anyway, one way a smart grid might could work is you have a continuously variable electricity price, which you broadcast through the internet and/or the paging band. Remember pagers?... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Kenya: Surge in Kenya Child Numbers Strains Amenities Nov 8, 2009
Dr Macharia said there had been a big focus on fighting the HIV/Aids menace much to the detriment of family planning programmes ... University of Nairobi lecturer and demographer Wanjiru Gichuhi complained of low male involvement in family planning campaigns ... "We need serious communication among couples to help get male involvement in family planning campaigns," she said. (allAfrica.com)
After hospital cuts, a new women's health center is born Nov 8, 2009
She decided to open the practice with her focus on women's health care, prenatal and family planning. Junge funded the clinic from her savings and found a downtown location. (Anchorage Daily News)
Study favors options in sex education Nov 7, 2009
Strong research shows that the best way to do this, especially in schools, is to use a curriculum that encourages teens to delay sex and also - this is the key - talks to them about family planning and protection. But the findings were condemned by advocates of abstinence programs. (Boston Globe)
Tackling "partial birth" abortion Nov 7, 2009
" There you go. Share: Page 1 of 92 in Abortion Abortion in the news Loading... Recommended Reads Susan Wicklund has received death threats and worn a bulletproof vest to work. But what really scares her, she writes in "This Common Secret," is the war on reproductive rights. By Eryn Loeb, Salon From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely forces that helped spread global family planning. By Michelle Goldberg, Salon The progressive... (Salon)
Shhhh, it’s good for the planet Nov 7, 2009
Articles receiving the most comments in the past 72 hours. For those who didnt vote, why not. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
GHS launches Integrated Maternal and Child Health campaign Nov 6, 2009
Dr Sagoe-Moses also said the campaign, which would be from November 12 to 14, 2009, would enhance malaria prevention through wider education on the use of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets and anti-malaria therapies and treatment, importance of family planning to enhance child spacing and reduction of abortion as well as sanitation and general hygiene. She said the GHS was collaborating with the Veterinary Services Department during the campaign period to conduct a census of cats and dogs to provide... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Planned Parenthood Director Defects Nov 6, 2009
Her duties included running the family planning and programs. The clinic performed abortions two days a month. (ABC News)
The population boomerang in Iran Nov 6, 2009
Watching the recent events in Iran, one must regard the American right s hostility toward family planning programs with wonderment ... One of the first things the mullahs did after taking over in 1979 was to crush family planning services. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Anti-Abortion Protesters Arrested in D.C. Nov 6, 2009
I might add that providing working women with decent wages, information on family planning, and extensive social services for impoverished mothers would also help cut down the abortion rate. The anti-abortion activitists who got arrested really do not give a rat about babies - they just want some free publicity. (CBS News)
Thinking Christian: The beauty of ultrasounds (20) Nov 6, 2009
One of the things that kept coming up was how family planning services were really dragging down the budget, and family planning services include education about contraceptives. It was a drain on the budget, but abortion services were really running up the budget and that was keeping the center afloat. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Why can't Ghana also have social reform policies? Nov 5, 2009
Our population is expanding very rapidly and may be the Government needs to address with drastic sexual health strategies and family planning measures. Having more children is rather uncool these days. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
News in Brief Nov 5, 2009
Med Center Receives Research Grant for Natural Family Planning. Georgetown University Medical Centers Institute for Reproductive Health has received a three-year award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs to further the institutes groundbreaking research on natural family planning ... The $600,000 award will enable researchers not only to make natural family planning methods accessible for Title X clients, but also to test strategies to... (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Initiative challenges abortion rights Nov 4, 2009
Planned Parenthood earlier this year opened a clinic in Juneau that provides family planning services, including abortions. One further consequence could be increasing numbers of recipients of permanent fund dividends. (Juneau Empire)
Stolen Babies Nov 4, 2009
At the same time, the country's family planning policy has created an imbalance in the gender ratio and there is also now a high demand, particularly in rural areas, for girls. In 2008 at least two orphanages where employees admitted that they paid anywhere from $300 up for healthy babies. (ABC News)
Former Planned Parenthood Director Telling Fishy Story Nov 4, 2009
Planned Parenthood is an organization that helps thousands or more people each year that would not be able to afford help anywhere else, and their message is not abortion, ITS FAMILY PLANNING. Amanda is right with the reason for the restraining order, Planned Parenthood is protecting their patients, because their privacy deserves protection just like anyone elses. (Slate)
1Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Watching Abortion on Ultrasound» Nov 4, 2009
" But Johnson said her bosses told her to change her "priorities" and focus on abortions, which she said made money for the office at a time when the recession has left them hurting. "For them there's not a lot of money in education," she said. "There's as not as much money in family planning as there is abortion ... do the right thing," and the idea of raking in cash seemed to go against what she felt was the mission of the 93-year-old organization. "Ideally my goal as the facility's director... (Fox News)
The conversion of a pro-choice warrior Nov 4, 2009
" Below you will find "typical comments" from "typical" embryos, as creatively imagined by the folks at Choice Kills. Share: Page 1 of 92 in Abortion Abortion in the news Loading... Recommended Reads Susan Wicklund has received death threats and worn a bulletproof vest to work. But what really scares her, she writes in "This Common Secret," is the war on reproductive rights. By Eryn Loeb, Salon From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely... (Salon)
Iran has another hero, this one still living, in Mahmoud Vahidnia Nov 3, 2009
The money wasn t in family planning, the money wasn t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that, said Johnson. So when Nancy said birth helped the government s bottom line, what she really meant was. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Tesla's Family Planning Nov 3, 2009
By Matthew DeBordPosted Monday, November 2, 2009 - 3:14pm. In a story from last week about Reva, the Indian carmaker thats partnering with a U.S. company to build electric vehicles in upstate New York, I got hung up on a technical specification related to another EV manufacturer, Tesla Motors. (Slate)
New health clinic in southern Bethlehem heralds happier, healthier communities Nov 2, 2009
Services offered by the clinic include an emergency room, child immunisation, family planning, a women's health clinic, as well as a pharmacy. For unemployed and under-employed families living below the poverty line who are unable to make the trip to the closest city of Bethlehem for health care service, this clinic is a dream come true. (AlertNet)
A woman's right to choose a losing candidate? Nov 1, 2009
" Eighty-six percent of reproductive-age women in the developing world live under highly restrictive abortion laws, according to the study. (And in the U.S., 87 percent of counties, as we know, have no abortion provider. Yet the number of abortions here is among the highest in the developed world, according to the study. Guttmacher blames this in part on inconsistencies in, cough cough, insurance coverage of contraceptives.) So there's much to be done both at home and abroad. "The findings are... (Salon)
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer' Nov 1, 2009
Toni Belfield,Family Planning Association ... Toni Belfield, of FPA (Family Planning Association), said: "This study adds to the evidence that as well as providing a safe and effective form of contraception, the contraceptive pill can help protect against the risk of different types of cancer. "The study further confirms that for the majority of women who take the contraceptive pill the benefits far outweigh any potential risks. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Nov 1, 2009
Anne Weyman,Family Planning Association ... " Anne Weyman, chief executive of the Family Planning Association, said it was clear that the abstinence-only approach to sex and relationships did not work. "Robust contraception services, comprehensive sex and relationship education and a mature attitude to young people's sexuality are the key components in bringing down teenage pregnancy. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Natural contraception 'effective' Nov 1, 2009
A natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill, German research suggests ... UK experts said natural family planning was effective - provided it was taught properly and carried out correctly ... Lead researcher Dr Petra Frank-Herrmann said: "We maintain that the effectiveness of STM is comparable to the effectiveness of modern contraceptive methods such as oral contraceptives, and is an effective and acceptable method of family planning.". (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Kenya: Population - We Must Go Back to the Basics [editorial] Oct 31, 2009
Family planning methods were introduced and, with time, a population that had been growing at 3 ... Government spending on family planning has gone down and the erstwhile robust campaigns have been muted. (allAfrica.com)
Read more... Oct 31, 2009
It uses serialized melodramas (such as prime-time soap operas), written and produced in the local languages of participating countries, to impart lessons about family planning, avoidance of AIDS, the elevation of the status of women and the prevention of child exploitation. The Drucker Institute will honor the first-place winner and two runners-up at a gala dinner in Los Angeles on Dec. 10. (PNN Online)
Ethiopia: We for or Against Us - The Dilemma of Population Growth Oct 31, 2009
For, what they should have been bold enough to say was to come out to the front and say loud and clear, "Our family planning programme has failed." Today, according to the above source, only 14% of married Ethiopian women between the ages of 15 to 49 have access to modern methods of contraception ... Speaking in reference to the achievements of the International Conference for population Development (ICPD), which just concluded its 15th annual event at the United Nations Conference Centre, Farah... (allAfrica.com)
Study links girls' body size to sexual behavior Oct 31, 2009
Richard Baird, president and chief executive officer of Adagio Health, a nonprofit organization that provides family planning and reproductive health education, among other services in 23 counties in Western Pennsylvania, cautioned against using the study to prejudge girls or generate biases. He and Mary Anne Poutous, Adagio director of community education, said they intended to read the entire study before commenting at length about it. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Guinea Bissau: Planning Families, Saving Lives Oct 30, 2009
Bissau Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff. In Guinea-Bissau 98 of 114 health centres now offer family planning services and 10 percent of women use contraception which while low is an improvement, said Antonieta Martins, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) adviser to the Ministry of Health ... UNFPA helps fund the... (allAfrica.com)
Demography and the environment: Falling fertility Oct 30, 2009
Easier access to family planning, especially in Africa, could probably lower its expected peak from around 9 billion to perhaps 8. 5 billion. (The Economist)
ANALYSIS: A Tale of Two North Koreas Oct 29, 2009
It soon plans to establish a family planning clinic to serve three mountainous North Korean counties. Ban clearly sees the need for more international carrots where the special rapporteur on human rights issues sees the North Korean regime wielding many sticks. (Fox News)
Pregnant model on Teen Vogue cover Oct 29, 2009
A lack of family planning remains a problem even as women get older -- 70 percent of pregnancies among 18 to 29-year-olds are unplanned, Albert said. The magazine cover story mainly focuses on the two models friendship, which grew chilly over competition for a time, and their experiences as black models in the fashion world. (KHOU.com, TX)
Happiness: a child with a bin on his head Oct 29, 2009
For more most educated or well-established parents with durable knowledge of family planning, these kids 00004000 are brought forward in a timely and convenient fashion. So, they are anticipated with almost all the acccoutrements of parenting and upbringing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bill Gates urges more spending on global health Oct 28, 2009
Viewpoint wrote on Oct 27, 2009 12:13 PM:" I'm all for contributing to disease prevention for the global poor. But how about speaking up for supporting family planning and contraception. You'd have a lot fewer kids to immunize and less HIV to deal with. ". an observer wrote on Oct 27, 2009 1:13 PM:" Bill, why not spend your money here at home, take care of those that need health care so government leaves the rest of us alone. Then again spend the money saving millions in third world nations so... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Students warned against "ponding" of new entrants Oct 27, 2009
While calling on the government and other stakeholders to increase funding to education, the Rector advised parents to adopt family planning as a means of reducing the number of children so they could provide better education for them. Prof. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Uganda: Country Gets Grant From U.S. Oct 27, 2009
Others are maternal and infant health, family planning and reproductive health and basic education. Over $35m (about sh5. (allAfrica.com)
Call to act on maternal mortality Oct 27, 2009
The ministers seemed to agree that family planning was the most cost-effective way of tacking the problem. However, no unanimous declaration was adopted at the Addis Ababa talks. (BBC News -- Health)
Let's do more to control population growth - Opoku Manu Oct 25, 2009
She spoke of the need to encourage family planning and girl-child education to bring down the rate of growth of the population. The participants appealed to the Population Council, Ghana Statistical Services, Demographic Department and the Ghana Health Services to streamline their systems in order to have common statistical information to inform development planning. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Birth Control as a Method of Family... Oct 23, 2009
Birth Control as a Method of Family Planning. Birth Control as a Method of Family Planning ... Family Planning Through the Use of Contraception. (Suite101.com)
Sex education urged for all youths in China Oct 21, 2009
Meanwhile, young married couples can get free condoms from family planning clinics and at work places ... "It's required by law, which aims to secure youths' rights to and access to sex education," said Pan Guiyu, deputy director of the nongovernmental China Family Planning Association ... He urged authorities to change the current family planning model into one that is more flexible. (Xinhuanet, China)
Condom 'rivals pill's popularity' Oct 21, 2009
Natika Halil of the Family Planning Association said: "It is encouraging to see that access to information about contraception and contraceptive services is improving. "Whilst women are using very safe and reliable methods of contraception such as the condom and the pill, there are 15 methods of contraception available. "Women should be able to access all of them in equal measure.". (BBC News -- Health)
Conference urges sexual health service for Asia-Pacific youth Oct 19, 2009
The Fifth APCRSHR, co-sponsored by the National Population and Family Planning Commission of China, the United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, will run from Oct. 18 to 20. Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
China calls for more efforts in reproductive health Oct 19, 2009
Chen called on Asia-Pacific countries to attach greater importance to population and family planning, put more funds into the reproductive health and family planning programs, intensify the capability building of developing countries and take concrete actions to enhance cooperation in these fields ... Chen said China has put more efforts in legislature ensuring citizens' rights in reproductive health, in expanding free and quality services in both urban and rural areas, and in rewarding rural... (Xinhuanet, China)
Polk Health Department unveils new facility Oct 18, 2009
Its focus will be aimed primarily at addressing maternity needs for women, but it also will offer services for the prevention of communicable diseases, family planning, immunizations, and WIC (Women, Infants & Children. . (Lake Wales News, FL)
Dating scam breaks farmer's heart and bank balance Oct 18, 2009
Paul flew to Ghana where during a three-week stay he not only handed over up to $80,000 for machinery but parted with thousands to help poor villagers he saw with no education, medicine and family planning. Sadly, he believes none of his money went to the poverty-stricken families whose children walk for hours to fetch water, sights he said "affected me deeply". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Health care gamble Oct 18, 2009
The group offers reduced or no-cost care to women under its Family Planning Benefits Program. What isn't free are migraine and depression medications -- prescriptions she needs to function. (Albany Times Union)
LETTER: Looking out for othersis part of reform effort Oct 17, 2009
It pays for you to be pregnant and have a baby, but it won't pay for much family planning. " -- President Clinton's Surgeon General, Jocelyn Elders ". (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Dick Gamble; soap heir championed reproductive choice Oct 16, 2009
Family planning was as much a part of Dick Gamble s life as his family name - he was a descendant of James Gamble, the Irish immigrant soap maker who cofounded Procter & Gamble ... An entrepreneur who devoted most of his life to organizations such as Planned Parenthood and Pathfinder International, the agency his father founded to advocate family planning in developing nations, he also took unheralded roles in Boston as he supported The Learning Project Elementary School in the Back Bay and... (Boston Globe)
Dow crosses 10,000; on the right, crickets chirp Oct 15, 2009
Family planning is often a very dishonest semantic concerning abortion clinics and often the use of this barbaric practice for the use of birth control. Jeffery Dahmer would (if he was still alive) consider laws passed against cannibalism as an infringement of his own freedom and that might be true if it werent for the fact that another human would need to die in order to fulfill his wish of freedom. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Prof. Maathai Set to Deliver Lecture on "Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction - Strengthening the Links" Oct 14, 2009
Through education, community development, human rights protection, family planning, nutrition and the fight against corruption, the Green Belt Movement has paved the way for development at the grassroots level. Professor Maathai is a strong African voice speaking for the poor and the underprivileged, particularly women to ensure that their potential is realized and harnessed for the continent's development. (allAfrica.com)
Bans 'do not cut abortion rate' Oct 14, 2009
The costs of unsafe abortions, which can include inserting pouches containing arsenic to back street surgery, can be high: the healthcare bill to deal with conditions from sepsis to organ failure can be four times what it costs to provide family planning services ... "The gains we've seen are modest in relation to what we can achieve. Investing in family planning is essential - far too many women lack access to contraception, putting them at risk.". (BBC News -- Health)
Afghan health NGOs - a mixed blessing? Oct 13, 2009
The number of pregnant women who received at least one prenatal care visit rose from just 8,500 in 2003 to 188,670 in 2008; around 20,000 community health workers - half of them women - have been trained and deployed, "increasing access to family planning and boosting childhood vaccinations", Zia said ... But there were also a number of positive areas such as "performance in overall patient satisfaction; availability of essential drugs and family planning supplies; physical examinations and the... (AlertNet)
Nonprofits team up to bring mammograms to the bank Oct 10, 2009
The initial focus will be on preventative and primary care, said Chris Elias, president and CEO of PATH. Eventually, the collaborators hope to look at all the ways that poverty and poor health are connected, including maternal and child mortality, family planning, cervical cancer and domestic violence. Beckett said microfinance reaches 150 million customers around the globe, so he hopes this effort will eventually reach millions. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Celizic: Vick rewarded for bad behavior with TV show? Oct 9, 2009
Glenn Beck, who is to rational behavior what the Duggars are to family planning, writes incoherent screeds in crayon that end up on top the best-seller list. Right now, one of the most rational and intelligent men on the planet, Richard Dawkins, is seeing his latest book on Darwinian evolution being blown away by Sarah Palins ode to random nonsense. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Instead of abortion, consider adoption Oct 9, 2009
There are good medical reasons for abortion -- such as ending a tubular pregnancy -- but "inconvenience" or "family planning" are not included. The letters of Jewel Pullen on Sept. 30 and of Niki Waller on Oct. 2 hold that the only options are abortion or an unwanted baby that will be a burden on society, and that pro-lifers do not care about the born. (The Augusta Chronicle)
A discriminating eye Oct 8, 2009
Would those arguing against exemptions want to force a family planning clinic to hire a pro-life worker who sought to undermine its work ... It seems to me this is what the philosophers call a relevantly similar situation, except that I doubt family planning clinics are covered by the exemptions. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
