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Let's Boost Support for Contraception
Auckland :: New Zealand | 7 hours ago
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Abortion figures for 2012 released today by Statistics NZ show there were 14,745 abortions in New Zealand, down 1,118 on 2011 and cementing a now 5-year downward trend...Mirena and Jadelle has increased considerably over the last few years, Dr.
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South Sudan joins calls for elimination of early marriages
Jūbā :: Sudan | 3 days ago
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South Sudan joined African nations in celebrating the 23rd anniversary the day of African child on Friday under theme of eliminating early marriage in South Sudan. Thousands of children marched from the Dr. John Garang mausoleum into the Nyakuron
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Unmet family planning needs: Bad for economy and health
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 8 days ago
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30 editor 222 million women in developing countries, who want to use modern contraception methods, are not able to have access to them. Meeting women's family planning needs would prevent 54 million unplanned pregnancies, 79,000 maternal deaths and
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A third of U.S. pregnancies 18 months after a previous birth
Upi :: Philippines | 9 days ago
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One-third of U.S. pregnancies occur within 18 months of a previous birth, say researchers at the Guttmacher Institute in New York. The institute's Laura Lindberg and colleagues said 50 percent of the second pregnancies occurred within 18-59 months of
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Contraception used consistently, correctly very effective
Upi :: Philippines | 13 days ago
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Capitol Building on the 37th anniversary of Supreme Court ruling of Roe v...June 6 (UPI) -- Contraception used consistently and correctly throughout the course of any given year account for 5 percent of all unintended pregnancies, U.S. researchers
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Chinese mother of newborn in sewer was present for rescue
Report By: Arusha Shah. BEIJING: May,29-2013 The mother of a newborn baby was found trapped in a drainage pipe by the police, according to the official Chinese media.
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Nigeria: 23 Die From Abortion Concoction in Native Doctors' Home
Lagos :: Nigeria | 24 days ago
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Twenty-three females who sought abortion from a native home in Delta State have reportedly died after they drank some herbal concoction. The Delta State police command detected the death of the victims when they discovered a home where native doctors,
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Report shows big drop in teen births in US
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 25 days ago
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The birth rate among American teenage girls has dropped considerably, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate among women ages 15-19 decreased by almost half from 1991 to 2011, from 62 to 31 births
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We want teens to know about emergency contraception
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 1 month ago
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May 16, 2013 The FDA announced recently that it is approving Plan B for all girls age 15 and up without a prescription...The easier the access to contraception, the less likely girls will have an unintended pregnancy. As many as 80% of pregnancies in
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Pastors 'in shame' of Gosnell, decry abortions in black communities
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Dr. Gosnell is on trial on multiple counts of murder killing children born alive and one adult patient. It's important for blacks to speak up because Kermit Gosnell is black, and this is a matter of black-on-black crime, said Day Gardner , president
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