pregnancy prevention
No one method is 100% effective in perfect or typical use over time. In typical use, condoms are around 85% effective, or present a 15% risk of pregnancy. But in perfect use, they're about 98% effective, or present about a 2% risk of pregnancy.
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 1, 2009 - 7:53am
Shortly before 2 p.m. the Michigan Senate approved the budget for the Michigan Department of Community Health. The vote was 20-17.
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By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check October 1, 2009 - 6:00am
A hotline set up by the ACLU in Illinois is intended to help teens in need exercise their due process rights to a judicial bypass option in case they need an abortion but do not want to notify their parents. These and other efforts seek to protect the rights of pregnant young women who cannot inform their parents of their pregnancy and abortion, often because of concern for their physical safety or abandonment, or because their parents are inaccessible. In such cases, a young woman seeking an abortion can bring her case to a judge, who in turn can permit the medical procedure without the required notification or consent.
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A baby isn't a bargaining chip. Having a child with someone doesn't increase your chances of having that person stick around. Having a baby with a guy means doesn't mean you'll cement him to you. Think twice...and again.
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By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check September 26, 2009 - 8:02am
While ultra-conservatives attempt to derail health reform with intellectually dishonest charges of taxpayer-funded abortion, state and local pro-choice advocates seek more centrist issues to attract allies to the greater cause.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor January 6, 2009 - 5:34pm
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is at the top of the sworn-in-today's 111th Congress' list. Ensuring wage equity for women is inextricably linked to women's health.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor December 15, 2008 - 5:35pm
Ross Douthat is at it again - calling to defund Planned Parenthood, the health care provider that offers millions of Americans access to care critical for preventing unintended pregnancy and caring for ones' health.
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Vatican issues "sweeping" statement on bioethical issues; FDA advisors support approval of female condom; Ross Douthat misses the point of the campaign to defund Planned Parenthood; Afghans want larger families, can't afford them.
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A new Council of Europe report reiterates what we already know - availability of legal abortion reduces the rate of unsafe abortion.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 20, 2008 - 4:51pm
McCain calls Palin a direct counter to a feminist agenda but Governor Palin's ceiling-breaking rise to prominence is a direct result of feminism - not to mention a host of other supremely beneficial public policies.
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