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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 28, 2009 - 11:02am
Uganda experiences the highest unmet need for contraception in sub-Saharan Africa; a judge dismisses Christian adoption agency challenge of stem-cell research process; ACLU responds to criticism of Kentucky Courier-Journal editorial
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 21, 2009 - 8:46am
Wendy Atterberry shares her experience and a warning about her switch from a branded to a generic contraceptive; lack of access to contraceptives drives unsafe abortion in Uganda; lawmakers in Peru consider expansion of indications for legal abortion; bioethicist asserts women are being treated as a "special interest" in health care reform debate.
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If aid is meant to create cost-effective, efficient and sustainable health care systems, African nations and the global community must address the high number of unsafe abortions and the needless waste of money spent addressing complications.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 14, 2009 - 8:31am
More women and men have access to and are using contraception throughout the world, reports the Guttmacher Institute, contributing to a decrease in the number of unintended pregnancies and, in turn, a decline in the number of abortions, from 45.5 million procedures in 1995 to 41.6 million in 2003.
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In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court upheld a law which decriminalized abortion in Mexico City. Since then, twelve Mexican states have approved constitutional reforms defining personhood as beginning at the moment of conception.
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Reader diary posted by Dionne May 22, 2009 - 1:31pm
Great news out of Nepal! In just a few years, the country has gone from
a total abortion ban to allowing abortion under most circumstances to
this week, the Supreme Court ordering the government to set up an
abortion fund for poor women and to invest in an education campaign on
abortion.
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For women in the US, Mother's Day is often about getting that perfect Hallmark card or being treated to breakfast in bed. But for many women in the developing world, celebrating motherhood through such a simple holiday is not even a possibility.
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On Wednesday, March 25, the UN Millennium Campaign and Women's eNews will host a livechat on maternal health. Pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications are the number one killer of young women in the developing world.
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today reversed a Bush Administration policy to block African governments from providing U.S.-funded contraceptive commodities to Marie Stopes International (MSI), one of the world’s leading family planning organisations.
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By Joan Malin, Planned Parenthood of New York City January 13, 2009 - 8:00am
Immigrant women we talked to in New York City feel alienated from what should in theory be some of the best medical care in the world.
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