At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent-health experts. Some doctors said the numbers might be a reflection of both abstinence-only sex education and teens’ own sense of invulnerabil... Read more...
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Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday. The "Clueless or Clued Up: Your Right to be informed about contraception" study prepared for World Contraception Day (WCD) reports that... Read more...
A U.S. medical advisory group recommended providing women free birth control and other preventive health services under the nation's healthcare overhaul. The Institute of Medicine report, commissioned by the Obama administration, recommended that all U.S.-approved birth control methods -- including... Read more...
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation. Abortion rights groups already have said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which also require... Read more...
Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Web site shows that it performed 332,278 abortions in 2009, up 8,270 from 2008. According to a fact sheet published in February 2011, Planned Parenthood clinics in 2009 performed 332,278 abortions – up from 324,008 in 2008, or a 2.5 percent increase.... Read more...