unplanned pregnancies
Video from the First-Ever PSA Ad Campaign for Unplanned Pregnancy Prevention!
This video is one of many in a first-ever unwanted pregnancy prevention PSA campaign! The campaign aims to reduce high rates of unplanned pregnancies among young women (ages 18 -24) by encouraging them to find the best method of birth control for them, and to use it more carefully and consistently.
Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Gaining Momentum and Promise
February 22, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)
Multipurpose prevention technologies were the focus of Advancing Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health, an international symposium held in Berkeley, CA, in March 2009. For 2 days, more than 150 participants from developing and industrialized countries discussed and debated the opportunities and challenges for advancing technologies that address multiple sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs. The symposium proceedings draw from those presentations and the subsequent discussions.2 This editorial seeks to convey the key points of these discussions and engage health care professionals in the effort to fulfill the potential that these technologies might offer.
The Toll of Foster Care
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
September 23, 2009 - 10:37am (Print)
Carrying the burden of childhood abuse and neglect, these girls and women present a greater, specific challenge to those who work to prevent teen pregnancy.
Philippines Government Pursues Feeble Family Planning Strategy
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
May 12, 2009 - 10:09am (Print)
The Philippines government is championing a form of family planning used by only one percent of women interested in planning their families.
Colorado Ranks Low in Contraception Access
by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
August 23, 2007 - 4:00pm (Print)
Colorado ranks 40th in the country on access to contraception. The state does not allow Medicaid coverage for family planning, and has no policy on access to emergency contraception. But is the tide turning?
