To its peril, a promising new law overhauling the Philippines’ antiquated HIV policy still fails to mandate government promotion of condom use, writes Carlos H. Conde.
May 3, 2018
Reproductive rights groups are taking the Trump administration to court over federal policies that undermine comprehensive sexual health services, saying they compromise the health of low-income patients. The legal battle comes amid efforts by conservatives to cut federal…
April 26, 2018
Meeting the unmet need for contraception could reap huge economic rewards by 2030, according to an analysis of the potential benefits of reaching the FP2020 and SDG family planning targets. India could save $89.7 billion. Nigeria, $12.9 billion.
March 7, 2018
A behemoth data analysis published in the Lancet takes a worldwide snapshot of a nebulous issue: unintended pregnancies.The ambitious study gathered data on abortion rates and surveys of women on unintended pregnancies, published by the UN Population Division and other…
March 2, 2018
US women may lose access to certain birth control methods as the Trump administration plans to prioritize funding for abstinence-based programs and natural family planning.
March 2, 2018
A year in, the SheDecides movement to empower women in their reproductive lives is taking stock.
February 8, 2018
For women in Pakistan, son preference increasingly influences parity progression and contraception choices, though research on the topic is slim.
January 30, 2018
A year in, President Trump’s “America First” policy is upending its role in global health.The White House has proposed cuts of over $2 billion to global health for fiscal year 2018—a 23% drop from 2017.Half of the American public supports US leadership to improve global…
January 22, 2018
In its first year, President Trump’s “global gag rule” barring foreign NGOs bankrolled by the US from performing or promoting abortions, has hit family planning services hard.
January 10, 2018
Around the world, from Asia to Africa, tens of millions of women have gained access to contraception in the past 5 years, making it possible for them to avoid unsafe abortions, unintended pregnancies and maternal deaths. This progress, reported last month by Family Planning…