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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

NL Times

Many women who got an abortion did not use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, Rutgers found in new research. There seems to be a lack of information and knowledge about the means to prevent this.” When asked why they didn’t use contraception, the most frequent answer was that the women considered the chance of pregnancy to be small. Women …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Case to respect and protect women’s reproductive rights

Hindustan Times

In the late 1990s, the United Nations Population Fund appointed me as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. Several factors including patriarchal attitudes and social norms restricted women’s autonomy in making decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health, including family planning. However, much remains to be done to achieve India’s Family Planning 2030 vision, which aims to increase access, choice, …

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6 months ago

Column: This huge insurer got caught breaking a law protecting contraceptive access, but its fine is a joke

LA Times

There’s good news and bad news about a legal settlement that New York state just reached with the giant health insurer UnitedHealth over its denial of contraception coverage for a member, which violated state law. A couple more bits of bad news: Not only is UnitedHealth a “repeat offender” in breaching contraception access laws, but it’s also not the only …

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8 months, 1 week ago

How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea

Associated Press

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. New York exterminators currently kill rats using snap and glue traps, poisons that make them bleed internally, and carbon monoxide gas that can suffocate them in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

State Must Create Awareness Among Public About Safe Sexual Practises, Ensure Access To Affordable Contraceptives : Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices D.Y. The judgement also held that the meaning of rape must be held to include "marital rape" for the purpose of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Rules and doctors need not disclose the identity of any minor girl seeking abortion in the the information given to police. While discussing the rights concerning …

Health India Women Autonomy Abortion Access Safe

2 years, 5 months ago

Men should be equal partners in family planning

Hindustan Times

In a country like India, where men are hesitant to undergo vasectomies or use condoms, the responsibility of family planning rests solely on the women. National Family Health Survey -5 data shows 37.9% of women use sterilisation or tubal ligations to check unwanted pregnancies, which is way higher that than the safer and non-surgical options like pills, injectables, condoms, IUDs …

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3 years, 2 months ago

World Contraception Day 2021: Here's Why we should have Male Contraceptives

News 18

Since 2007, September 26 has been celebrated as the World Contraception Day, every year. As the world celebrates World Contraception Day, come, let’s get to know more about this. Women’s contraceptive methods are way more expensive than men’s; and many insurance plans refrain from covering contraception. Moreover, besides being costlier, women contraceptives have greater side effects than men’s contraceptives. Women …

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4 years ago

Reducing unwanted pregnancies during COVID-19: Rights-based, system-level response need of the hour

Firstpost

The access, availability and affordability of contraceptive and abortion services in India have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, exacerbating existing issues. Contraceptive methods may fail and are not always available, and so safe abortion services ensure that women can terminate unwanted pregnancies. Women looking to terminate an unwanted pregnancy may be forced to use unsafe methods if they …

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