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American Journal of Nursing April 2012 Kit S. Devine |
The Underutilization of Emergency Contraception Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world and in the United States. |
Salon.com July 10, 2000 Leah Kohlenberg |
The silence of the Pill The FDA may make oral contraceptives available over the counter -- and neither pro-life nor pro-choice groups seem to care. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2004 David G. Weismiller |
Emergency Contraception Advance provision of this type can increase its use significantly without adversely affecting the use of routine contraception. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 Randy Ellen Wertheimer |
Emergency Postcoital Contraception Emergency postcoital contraception, a method used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse, is a highly effective but underutilized birth control option.... |
American Family Physician August 15, 2004 |
Emergency Birth Control An informational patient pamphlet on this method of birth control. |
American Family Physician April 1, 2003 |
Birth Control What kind of birth control is right for me?... Barrier Methods... Birth Control Pills... Hormone Implants, Patches, and Shots... IUDs... Sterilization... Natural Family Planning... Emergency Contraception... etc. |
Reason February 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
Weak Choice In a national survey sample, only 6 percent of gynecologists and a mere 1 percent of general practice physicians offer Mifeprix abortions... |
American Family Physician October 15, 2004 As-Sanie, Gantt & Rosenthal |
Pregnancy Prevention in Adolescents The family physician plays a key role by engaging adolescent patients in confidential, open, and nonthreatening discussions of reproductive health, responsible sexual behavior, and contraceptive use. |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 Carole Joffe |
There's more at stake than Roe vs. Wade From clinic access to anti-abortion terrorism, the next president -- whoever he is -- will have a profound effect on a woman's right to choose... |
Salon.com September 18, 2000 S. Boyd |
Give us liberty The approval of RU-486 isn't about morals, it's about options. |
Reason April 2003 Cathy Young |
Aborting Equality Men's odd place in the abortion debate |
Salon.com December 11, 2000 Michael Castleman |
Teach your children well Both liberal and conservative sex ed activists have it wrong: We should stop saying that sex is dangerous and help parents talk to their kids instead... |
Salon.com July 25, 2002 Fran Smith |
Ignorance is no excuse Few doctors learn how to perform abortions, and women pay for their lack of training. New York City is taking steps to reverse the trend. |
Nurse Practitioner September 2009 Meagan A. Holcomb et al. |
Adolescent Contraception: Sorting Out the Facts Adolescent contraception is a complex issue for healthcare providers. Clinicians are encouraged to provide anticipatory guidance to adolescent patients and their families concerning sexual behavior and appropriate contraception methods. |
ifeminists October 8, 2002 Wendy McElroy |
State Legislation Protects Abortion Rights California has been passing a series of bills that the media has been calling "landmarks" in the protection of "women's rights." The measures constitute the most aggressive attempt in recent memory to entrench "reproductive rights" -- that is, abortion -- into society by force of law. |
ifeminists October 30, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
An overview of the abortion issue The debate over abortion is polarized, with the most vocal advocates for and against tending to assume extreme positions in the belief that they are enunciating a principle that allows for no compromise. |
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Esme E. Deprez |
Family Planning Loses Out in the Budget Brawl Republican-controlled states are cutting funding for clinics |
ifeminists June 3, 2003 Elayne Clift |
Privacy vs. Politics: The Abortion Debate Continues I'd like to bring the focus back to the real issue: Why do women seek abortions and what is really at stake here? |
Salon.com September 29, 2000 Cary Barbor |
RU-486 gets FDA approval The "abortion pill" moves a woman's choice into the home. Will anti-abortion forces follow? |
Salon.com January 4, 2001 Audrey Fisch |
The Pill for men? My drug-peddling dad says it's a simple problem of supply and demand... |
Reason September 2005 Kerry Howley |
Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs U.S. prescription laws make us sicker and poorer because the system that puts drugs over the counter is driven by profits and patents. |
American Family Physician July 1, 2006 Lesnewski & Prine |
Initiating Hormonal Contraception Physicians can help patients improve their use of birth control by providing anticipatory guidance about the most common side effects, giving comprehensive information about available choices, and honoring women's preferences. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2000 |
Progestin-Only Contraceptives What is a progestin-only contraceptive?... How does the progestin-only contraceptive work?... Is the progestin-only pill better than regular birth control pills?... If I use the progestin-only pill, can I still get pregnant?... Does the progestin-only pill have any disadvantages? |
Salon.com March 1, 2002 Quentin Fottrell |
Pro-life, even in death Irish voters face a referendum that would prohibit abortion even when suicide is a health risk for the mother... |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Radley Balko |
Getting Beyond Roe Why returning abortion to the states is a good idea -- Book Review: The Politics of Abortion by Anne Hendershott. |
Salon.com October 19, 2000 Cathy Young |
A man's right to choose Is it fair that women have reproductive rights while men have reproductive responsibilities? |
ifeminists September 30, 2003 Jennifer Roback Morse |
Aborting Child Protection Health-care personnel are ordinarily mandatory reporters of child abuse. But a recent survey has prompted the question of whether abortion clinics take this responsibility seriously. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2002 Frank A. Chervenak |
A Group Practice Disagrees About Offering Contraception This case concerns the justification of moral constraints that a physician group decides to apply to itself in the provision of patient services. Family physicians confront this issue with regard to reproductive medical services as well as other practices... |
Salon.com January 26, 2001 Alicia Montgomery |
Has choice lost support? Abortion rights groups say that the pro-life president is in the minority, but polls suggest that could be changing... |
ifeminists September 14, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Will Science Trump Politics in Resolving Abortion Debate? For better or worse, new reproductive technologies are redefining the scientific ground rules of reproduction. These technologies may also redefine the American politics surrounding reproduction, including the issue of abortion. |
ifeminists April 7, 2004 |
Letter to the Editor: Abortion When reflecting on matter of abortion, however, I think that a very important point to remember is that it does not constitute a violation of human rights. This point seems to escape many people. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2000 Barbara S. Apgar & Grant Greenberg |
Using Progestins in Clinical Practice Progestational agents have many important functions, including regulation of the menstrual cycle, treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, prevention of endometrial cancer and hyperplastic precursor lesions, and contraception... |
Salon.com June 29, 2000 Viki Wilson |
Partial healing Thankfully, the Supreme Court has struck down a law banning the procedure that saved my life and ended my daughter's suffering. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: After Plan B: Out of the Quagmire, into the Data The morning-after pill goes OTC, with some special requirements. But is FDA's drug information system up to the task of tracking how it is used? |
American Family Physician February 15, 2004 |
New Contraceptive Options A study of different forms and methods of contraception. |
Managed Care October 2001 Michael J. Friedman |
Prescription Contraceptives: Benefit Whose Time Has Come? Health plans and employers are paying increasing attention to recent administrative and judicial developments relative to contraception coverage. Whether self-funded or insured, plans that offer prescription drug benefits may no longer be able to exclude prescription contraceptives... |
ifeminists March 3, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Fathers the Fall-Guy in the Abortion Debate So the myth that women get an abortion because of coercion by marauding sexual predators is an urban legend that serves to shield us from one simple fact: abortion is by and large a female-dominated decision. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2002 Sarina Schrager |
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Associated with Hormonal Contraception Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common but rarely dangerous side effect of hormonal contraception. It is, however, a major cause for the discontinuation of hormonal contraception and the resultant occurrence of unplanned pregnancy... |
ifeminists February 25, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
30 Years After Roe v. Wade, How About Choice for Men? On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court eliminated a checkerboard of state laws on reproductive freedom and guaranteed American women choice throughout the country. Thirty years later, American men are still waiting for the same right. |
ifeminists July 14, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
The Pill and Female Chauvinism: Part II This was supposed to be a program on the social changes wrought by The Pill. How did they miss the sudden increase of women's power over men? Birth control is no longer joint, but entirely in one partner's hands. |
ifeminists March 29, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Cooling down the abortion debate The basic dilemma of abortion cannot be blamed on government. |
ifeminists April 20, 2005 Glenn Sacks |
Do Women Really Want a Male Birth Control Pill? Researchers are close to perfecting a male contraceptive but it may encounter resistance from women unwilling to give up reproductive control. |
Health October 16, 2008 Louise Sloan |
Birth Control Is Safer Than Ever (and Sometimes It's Even Good for You) Times have changed since women going on birth control risked the pelvic infections of the Dalkon Shield or hormones dosed perilously high. |
Reason May 2008 Veronique de Rugy |
The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terror is now more expensive than Vietnam or World War I -- but the dishonest way Washington is paying for it may prove costliest of all. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Is Your Emergency Fund Too Big? Here are some signs that it might be time to put your money to other uses. |
ifeminists February 10, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Cooling Down the Abortion Debate The government did not create the dynamics of reproduction nor the political questions that surround it: When is a human being present? When do rights emerge? Nor did it create the division of opinion that exists. |
Managed Care August 2004 |
State Mandates Promote Contraceptive Coverage A study shows that employer-based health plans are much more likely to cover contraception than they were 10 years ago and that state laws mandating coverage have played a role in that growth. |
Mother Jones Mar/Apr 2002 Sarah Schmidt |
Antiabortion Ambush Is putting photos of abortion-clinic patients on the Web an invasion of privacy? Or protected free speech? |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2007 Buz Livingston |
Not Everything Is an Emergency You need an emergency fund. What you don't need are excuses to burn through it. |
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Lawmakers Float VoIP-Based 911 Bill Lawmakers today introduced a bill to try and bring VoIP services into an emergency calling regime that has largely ignored the IP-based infrastructure. |