Report Urges China To Re-Evaluate Family Planning Policies Because Of Inconsistencies

The Chinese government uses inconsistent and coercive family planning tactics to limit population size, according to a report published Tuesday by Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a group that supports eliminating the nation’s “one-child” policy, the New York Times reports…

Only 5 Per Cent Of Women Fitted With Contraceptive Coils Given Effective Pain Relief

Fewer than 5% of women fitted with contraceptive coils, known as IUDs, are given effective pain relief, says a leading sexual health doctor in the first issue of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare to be published by BMJ Group…

Opinion Pieces Discuss Family Planning, Related Issues In Ore., Mich.

Officials from two Planned Parenthood affiliates recently authored opinion pieces on the future of the federal Title X family planning program, state reproductive health policies and other women’s health issues. Summaries appear below…

Conference Examining Family Planning Integration With National Health Strategies In Asia-Pacific Countries Begins

Representatives from 24 countries in Asia and the Pacific came together in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday for the start of a three-day conference about population and family planning, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (12/8)…

Automatic Alerts Will Let A Woman Know If She Is Fertile Or Not: New IPhone Application

A scientifically-based family planning tool developed by researchers from Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), is now available as an easy-to-use iPhone ®, iPod touch® or iPad™ application…

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