Sentences with phrase «about access to contraception»

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He told the Today programme: «A Catholic faith school can say to their pupils we believe as a religion contraception is wrong but what they can't do is therefore say that they are not going to teach them about contraception to children and how to access contraception.

The effort to distract the country from this indefensible record with claptrap about a Republican war on women, a papist plot against access to contraception, legal semantics about same - sex relationships, and other red herrings, has failed.

So I've been working on a project related to maternal health for the Nashville - based, nonprofit organization Hope Through Healing Hands, and in my research, I bumped into this very cool 2012 TED Talk from Melinda Gates about the importance of access to contraception worldwide.

I try not to put too much pressure on myself to speak up as the token «Christian feminist» on issues like these, but after reading multiple blog posts and articles this week from Christian men about women and contraception, I decided to add my two cents as a pro-life woman of faith who supports affordable access to birth control for women.

This was made quite clear by Ed Balls, minister for Children Schools and Families when he said on 23 February 2010, «A Catholic faith school can say to their pupils we believe as a religion contraception is wrong but what they can't do is therefore say that they are not going to teach them about contraception to children, how to access contraception or how to use contraception.»

The World Health Organization describes family planning as «the first step for avoiding maternal deaths» (2) while statistical analysis by the Global Health Council suggests that about 35 percent of all maternal deaths could be eliminated if all women and men had access to contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

Access to contraception and information about family planning are vital components of gender equality.

There are about 214 million women around the world who want to avoid pregnancy but don't have access to contraception, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The DCCC's claim that Katko said «denying women access to contraception is the «right decision»» stems from comments the Republican challenger made about the Hobby Lobby decision in an interview with The Citizen.

«Now, with threats to ACA [Affordable Care Act], talks about changing access and rumors that contraception access will now be optional for employers, you are going to have teenagers that can only get access to contraception based on whether or not their parents work for a company that will cover it,» Wilkinson continued.

Voluntary family - planning programs reduce unplanned pregnancies by providing access to and information about contraception and by reducing socioeconomic obstacles to use.

Indeed, when it comes to family planning and unrestricted access to modern contraception (and the unhindered agency to use a preferred method of contraception), things like misinformation about side - effects, lack of knowledge about the benefits of small family - size, and religious or male opposition to contraception form a sort of scaffolding that keep fertility rates higher than they would otherwise be.

«This resolution calls for support for critical, effective public health strategies ensuring access to affordable family planning and providing medically accurate information about the use of contraception to promote correct use.»

Planned Parenthood will continue to do all it can to educate women of all ages about EC and help them access emergency contraception.

Emergency contraception use is growing, but too many women either don't know about it or lack access to it.

The battle over access to emergency contraception is complicated by widespread misunderstanding about what the drug.

The bill includes measures to fully fund the nation's family planning program (Title X), expand access to reproductive health care services through Medicaid, require insurance companies to cover birth control if they cover other prescription drugs, protect the ability of rape survivors to access emergency contraception (EC) in the emergency room, improve public awareness about EC, and provide teens with medically accurate, age appropriate sex education.

Planned Parenthood's free offer is part of the national Back Up Your Birth Control campaign, designed to expand access to emergency contraception by increasing public education and awareness about this very safe and effective method of preventing pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex.

Do you have questions about birth control, STIs, emergency contraception (EC), laws affecting teens» access to abortion, or other sexual health issues?

«As the nation's leading women's health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood has led the charge for access to contraception for nearly a century, from those first days 97 years ago when Margaret Sanger was arrested for handing out information about family planning.

The other week, I was talking to a family member about the threats to contraception access in this country, «thanks» to our new president and his fanatical administration.

The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.