Data released today show that the teen pregnancy rate is down 42 percent from its 1990 high with rates declining among all racial and ethnic and age groups. Researchers credit young people—and their effective contraceptive use—with these declines. 

Femicide and violence against women have reached epic proportions in Mexico and Central America, making the reality very near impossible to ignore. Women Under Siege, an innovative new initiative to document and protect the stories of sexual violence survivors, launches today. 

Starting this week, we will be bringing you a weekly roundup of global sexual and reproductive health and justice news!

A new analysis from researchers at the Guttmacher Institute found that states' unintended pregnancy rates are related to the proportion of women in the state who are uninsured and receiving Medicaid.

While the UN is still celebrating International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, Tostan, a global rights and health organization, and others are enjoying “International Female Genital Cutting Abandonment Day.” The difference in phrasing is subtle, but the significance is huge.

So-called "Personhood" is sexy.  It’s flashy.  It gets attention.  That is why "Personhood" is something that Kansans for Life is avoiding.

ThinkProgress reports that Ari Fleischman, former press secretary for George W. Bush and prominent right-wing pundit, was secretly involved as early as last fall in planning Komen's break with Planned Parenthood.

While a reversal of the decision is welcome, it also raises further questions. Komen denied yesterday that the de-funding had anything to do with investigations, even though their original memo said just that.  Instead they claimed that the decision was based on "new metrics" and the desire to do "direct service" grants. Now, however, they are back to the "investigations" reason. And, Planned Parenthood can "apply" for future grants but who knows what that means now?