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Is Fear of Population Control Trumping Green Solutions?

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

September 29, 2009 - 7:00am

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Past "population control" efforts often trampled human rights. So talk about condom distribution as causes concern among liberals. Can we overcome history to create new solutions?

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Family Planning is a Green Technology

By Frances Kissling

September 29, 2009 - 7:00am

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Two hundred million women worldwide want to avoid pregnancy but lack access to contraception. Recent research suggests that filling this gap is a humane and cost-effective human rights and environmental strategy.

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Climate Change, Population Growth and Reproductive Health: It's About More Than Reducing Emissions

By Karen Hardee and Kathleen Mogelgaard, Population Action International

September 23, 2009 - 7:00am

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As heads of state gather in NY and Pittsburgh this week to discuss our climate future, they should broaden their view beyond the technological fixes that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and remember the human face of climate change—a face that is frequently female, and in need of fundamental support that will enable her to take care of herself, her family, and our world.

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Roundup: Clinton Global Initiative and UN Meetings on Climate Change, Maternal Health Begin Today

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 22, 2009 - 10:08am

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RH Reality Check staff are attending the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in New York and meetings on Maternal Health at the United Nations. Check our Twitter account and stay tuned for more here.

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Roundup: Rapid Pace of Climate Change Renews Calls for Increased Support for Family Planning

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

September 18, 2009 - 11:25am

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Concern about the pace of climate change is increasing, and so is concern about the role of population growth in driving it, reigniting or reinvigorating (depending on the viewpoint) calls for increased investment in family planning services for couples in poorer countries.

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Obama's "Population" Moves: Also Good for the Environment

By Vicky Markham, Center for Environment and Population (CEP)

February 26, 2009 - 9:00am

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It is time for a new discussion about "family size" and how it relates to our unprecedented environmental impacts, here in this country and around the world.


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Environmental Disasters in the Asia-Pacific: What About Reproductive Health in Emergencies?

By Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

December 2, 2008 - 9:00am

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For pregnant women, any environmental disaster severely limits safe delivery options, which in turn exacerbates pre-existing vulnerabilities to maternal death and disability.

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