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Unplanned pregnancy growing issue for women over 35

Unplanned pregnancy is a growing problem for women over the age of 35, many who believe that they’re too old to conceive.
The U.K.’s sexual health charity Family Planning Association (FPA) has announced a new campaign called “Conceivable?” to remind women that contraception is needed until a year or two after menopause.
This week the campaign, as [...]

New morning-after pill effective up to 5 days after

A new morning-after pill has been shown to be effective at stopping a woman from getting pregnant up to 5 days after unprotected sex.
Research out of the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian in Scotland compared the effectiveness of commonly available morning-after pill levonorgestrel with a new form, ulipristal acetate.
The research, published in the medical [...]

Funding for abstinence-only programs lacking in US sex education plan

Funding for programs aimed at teaching abstinence-only approaches to sex education is non-existent in the new federal budget, but proponents hope that funding will be found in the health-care reform legislation.
The days of former President George W. Bush’s generous funding to programs that stress that teens wait to have sex until they’re married may be [...]

Hormonal contraceptives do more than prevent pregnancy

Hormonal contraceptives provide additional benefits to many women who use them to prevent pregnancy.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has published a new bulletin in January’s edition of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, raising awareness of the many benefits of hormonal contraceptives for women. Yet like many drugs, it’s not perfect.
With more than 80 [...]

Teenagers offered birth control pill without prescription

Teenage girls in inner-city London will be able to acquire birth control pills without prescription in a new NHS pilot program.
Three pharmacies in inner-city London’s Southwark and Lambeth — areas known to have some of the highest teenage pregnancy rates — are set to participate in an NHS pilot program that offers birth control pills without prescription, [...]

Department of Health: more than 5,000 women under 20 had repeat abortions in 2008

The Department of Health has released statistics for 2008 that provide a revealing look at repeat abortions in the UK.
Health ministers in the U.K. have received new 2008 statistics from the Department of Health that reveal a reported 5,218 instances of repeat abortion among women under the age of 20. Additionally, 15,029 instances of repeat [...]

Government announces campaign to encourage youth to talk about safe sex

The UK government has announced a new campaign encouraging youth to talk more openly about safe sex in an effort to reduce teenage pregnancy rates.
Despite best efforts to reduce teen pregnancy rates in the U.K. by 2010, the government’s 2007 figures show that there were 41.9 pregnancies per every 1000 people between the ages of [...]

UN report adds dimension of gender to climate change discussions

A new UN report has stated that women are most likely to be affected by climate change, but it stopped short of directly encouraging population control.
A report issued Thursday by the U.N. has recommended the addition of gender elements to climate change discussions.
The report, United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) 2009, claimed that women — especially those [...]

Can you get pregnant having sex standing up? 11% still think not

11% of British people surveyed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) still believe a woman can’t get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a recent poll.
The DCSF commissioned the survey of 2,000 people aged 16-50 to highlight misconceptions around safe sex.
Almost 20% per cent thought having sex while a [...]

Britain climbs to top of Europe’s abortion list

Britain has taken the top spot with the highest number of reported abortions in Europe in 2007.
Sifting through data provided by Eurostat, Norway-based Institute for Family Policies has found that Britain ranked at the top of the European abortion list for 2007, overtaking France, a country with nearly six million more people.
As teenage pregnancy rates [...]

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