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New Data on Global Abortion Trends: Implications for U.S. Policy

By Susan Cohen, Guttmacher Institute

October 15, 2009 - 5:12pm

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A new report from the Guttmacher Institute highlights the urgency for increasing U.S. international family planning assistance and for the US to help mitigate the impact of unsafe abortion.

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To Have A Child or Not? Sometimes It's All About the Economy Finds Guttmacher Institute

By Amie Newman, RH Reality Check

September 23, 2009 - 7:00am

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A new Guttmacher report details the many ways in which women's child-bearing and family planning decisions are affected by the recession.

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Withdrawal as Contraception: Why So Skeptical?

By Rachel K. Jones, Guttmacher Institute

June 2, 2009 - 9:00am

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To my surprise, my recent article in the journal Contraception on the effectiveness of withdrawal in preventing pregnancy unleashed a mini-storm of commentary in the blogosphere.

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Research Says Parental Involvement Laws Don't Limit Abortions

By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

March 13, 2009 - 2:32pm

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Parental involvement laws are unconstitutional and don't even work.


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Women, Get Pregnant: Your Country Needs More Workers

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

February 25, 2009 - 11:35am

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The economic argument against contraception assumes an unnerving disregard for humanity.


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Roundup: Family Planning Is "Smart Government," Guttmacher Report Finds

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

February 24, 2009 - 11:52am

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Family planning expansion not in 2009 spending bill; family planning funds cost-effective, Guttmacher study finds; anti-choicers disagree about North Dakota personhood strategy; anti-choicers protest possible Sebelius pick; new anti-choice archbishop in New York.

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Guttmacher Celebrates 40 Years of Bringing Science and Research to Reproductive Health

By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

October 22, 2008 - 8:00am

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This year, the Guttmacher Institute celebrates forty years of promoting the core belief that scientific evidence can and should shape public policy.

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LifeNews, Wendy Wright Skew Facts on Guttmacher Abortion Rate Report

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

September 30, 2008 - 4:09pm

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LifeNews.com and Concerned Women for America's Wendy Wright have an unconventional -- you might say wildly inaccurate -- take on the Guttmacher Institute's recent report on the rate of abortion nationwide.

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State Trends: Ballot Initiatives Take Center Stage

By Rachel Gold and Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher Institute

August 20, 2008 - 8:00am

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This year, the most significant developments in state-level reproductive health law lie ahead, in the form of ballot initiatives that will come before voters in three states in November.

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Which Women Should Be Denied Contraception?

By Amie Newman, RH Reality Check

August 15, 2008 - 4:53pm

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I respectfully ask Secretary Leavitt, given the new information that more American women than ever before are accessing contraception and family planning services, which women should be denied these services under the HHS draft regulations?

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