Sentences with phrase «access to contraception in»

(In the same interview, he said that «not one» woman lacks access to contraception in the US, which is, obviously, blatantly untrue.)
Gorsuch's record includes depriving women of access to contraception in the name of religious freedom and adhering to the same legal philosophies as the deeply conservative Antonin Scalia.

Not exact matches

All this changed when the sexual revolution and the rise of feminism ushered in easy divorce, the expectation of a career outside the home for married women, ready access to contraception and abortion, and the gay - rights movement.
In Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion ratIn Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion ratin affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion ratin the teen abortion rate.
Most of the countries where abortion is illegal also suffer from widespread poverty and limited access to contraception — huge drivers in the abortion rate.
Obviously, so the argument goes, if we want to cut teenage pregnancies and abortions we must have access to sexual health services — in other words, teenagers are less likely to get pregnant if they are using contraception; failing contraception, then we should give them access to the morning - after pill, which may be seen as preferable to a twelve - year - old getting pregnant.
Not only would improved access to contraception impact the abortion rate in the U.S., it would dramatically reduce maternal and infant deaths around the world.
Sandra Fluke, the student who was at the center of a firestorm over contraception rules at her religious university, applauded the decision, saying in a statement, «I am very pleased that under these policies all women, regardless of what school they attend or where they work, will soon have affordable access to contraception
The Connexions service, school nurse service and Healthy Schools standards are just a few of the many routes whereby inappropriate sex education or access to abortion and contraception may sneak in under the radar of unwary teachers and governors.
Because feminism has given women in the U.S. access to higher education, the voting booth, contraception, and property rights, and is still so misunderstood that women themselves say they have no use for it.
In non-western worlds, in 3rd world countries women are still used as slaves, their property of men, women do not have access to contraception, to give birth to children in safe places, they are ganged raped and have no right sometimes even to divorce abusive spouseIn non-western worlds, in 3rd world countries women are still used as slaves, their property of men, women do not have access to contraception, to give birth to children in safe places, they are ganged raped and have no right sometimes even to divorce abusive spousein 3rd world countries women are still used as slaves, their property of men, women do not have access to contraception, to give birth to children in safe places, they are ganged raped and have no right sometimes even to divorce abusive spousein safe places, they are ganged raped and have no right sometimes even to divorce abusive spouses.
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.
More than 200 million women in the developing world want to use contraception but do not have access to it.
It is hard to believe that here we are in the 21st century and we are arguing over something so fundamental to a society as universal access to contraception.
In this case the Church is trying to deny easy access to contraception for women who don't agree with the Church's current religious dogma on this issue and would use contraception if available.
This issue arises when a woman with healthcare through her or her spouse's employer (which is how most of us get healthcare in this country) has an employer who is against contraception and does not want any employees to have access to contraception.
But the exalted ** Sandra Fluke» is QUOTED in this article: «I am very pleased that under these policies all women, regardless of what school they attend or where they work, will soon have AFFORDABLE access to contraception
@Doc The reason contraception is «special» is because a wide independent study that was recently done indicated that access to contraception is an integral part of «general good health» in the average American family.
They are so wedded to this connection that when President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which denies American aid to any NGO that provides, counsels, or refers for abortion, or that promotes a change in a country's laws towards permitting access to abortion, not a single NGO (as far as I am aware) agreed to sever its contraception work from its abortion advocacy.
In the end it will be up to Ofsted inspectors and the courts to decide whether the DCSF framers of the law are right, in other words whether the facts «not withheld» must include how to access «emergency» and other forms of contraceptioIn the end it will be up to Ofsted inspectors and the courts to decide whether the DCSF framers of the law are right, in other words whether the facts «not withheld» must include how to access «emergency» and other forms of contraceptioin other words whether the facts «not withheld» must include how to access «emergency» and other forms of contraception.
But in times like this, when women's reproductive rights are coming under assault, when men view women as «hosts» for babies and when even having access to contraception is threatened, it's irresponsible and dangerous to tell women that they owe men sex — even if it's «charity» sex to make an «investment in your relationship.»
Even though women as far back as 1500BCE had access to all sorts of pregnancy tests, abortion information and contraception, this generation has seen more movement in the area of childbirth related issues than any other before it.
But long - term trends in marriage, economic development, and women's education, employment, and access to contraception are responsible for the decline too.
There are a lot of traditional societies in our world, that where they have little access to contraception and exclusively breastfeeding is the standard that we see this natural baby spacing of every.
Unfortunately Marie Stopes International experiences a significant increase in women accessing our unplanned pregnancy services during the New Year as a direct result of men and women forgetting to use or having their contraception fail over the Christmas / New Year festivities.
For too long Trump's allies in the Senate Republican Majority have blocked efforts to protect Roe v. Wade in New York and pass the Reproductive Health Act, as well as legislation to ensure access to contraception.
«The Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act will ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the birth control method they need to stay healthy and effectively plan for their future — no matter what happens in Congress.»
Likely voters side with Obama over Romney on key issues, including keeping so - called Obamacare in tact, eliminating tax cuts for those earning more than $ 250,000, Medicare, and protecting abortion rights and women's access to contraception.
«An historic analysis produced during his first term in office demonstrated that wider access to emergency contraception could save the state almost half a billion dollars in health care costs by decreasing the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions.
«The Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act will ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the birth control method they need to stay healthy and effectively plan for their future, no matter what happens in Congress,» Schneiderman said.
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.
Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says in a report today.
As at previous population conferences in 1974 and 1984, national delegates will spend the best part of ten days trying to reach consensus on a programme of action to improve access to contraception for women in developing countries and Eastern Europe.
In recognition of the theme of the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, Full Access, Full Choice, the Bellagio Group reaffirms its commitment to expanding access to highly effective, long - acting, reversible contraception for women and adolescent girls within the full range of contraceptive cAccess, Full Choice, the Bellagio Group reaffirms its commitment to expanding access to highly effective, long - acting, reversible contraception for women and adolescent girls within the full range of contraceptive caccess to highly effective, long - acting, reversible contraception for women and adolescent girls within the full range of contraceptive choice.
Fifteen million unwanted pregnancies in 35 low - and middle - income countries could be avoided if women had access to and freedom to use contraception.
The researchers found that the denial of access to nonprescription emergency contraception was more common in low - income neighborhoods, another fact that has not changed since the 2012 study.
When someone is denied access, she tells her friends, who in turn tell their friends, spreading the false information that they are not able to receive emergency contraception from a pharmacy, Wilkinson said.
And according to a recent NPR article, they're gaining popularity in rural parts of the country sometimes called «contraception deserts» that lack easy access to women's health services.
The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the British government today (World Population Day) have been hosting a London Summit on Family Planning, aimed at expanding access to contraception and related health services for women, particularly in poor urban communities, who want more control over the size of their families.
There's a need for the world as a whole to support families and governments in high - fertility countries improve access to contraception and education.
In the old days there was talk of poppulation control but now it's estimated there are 200 million women on the planet who would like to have control of their family size but can't because they don't have access to the most simple information and tools for contraception, for controlling family size.
Marie Stopes International has calculated that with a five per cent increase in the number of women with access to contraception, a small country in sub-Saharan Africa could expect an increase in GDP per capita of 35 per cent.
225 million women in lower - income countries say they want the ability to choose whether and when to become pregnant but lack the necessary access to contraception.
To increase access to ECs, in December 2000 British Columbia became the first province to grant independent prescriptive authority to specially trained pharmacists, enabling them to provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasTo increase access to ECs, in December 2000 British Columbia became the first province to grant independent prescriptive authority to specially trained pharmacists, enabling them to provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto ECs, in December 2000 British Columbia became the first province to grant independent prescriptive authority to specially trained pharmacists, enabling them to provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto grant independent prescriptive authority to specially trained pharmacists, enabling them to provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto specially trained pharmacists, enabling them to provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto provide emergency contraception without a physician's prescription.14 Our aim was to determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto determine whether granting prescriptive authority to pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increasto pharmacists would result in women obtaining ECs from pharmacists instead of their physicians, and whether the number of overall EC prescriptions would increase.
Pharmacists are knowledgeable health care professionals who are readily accessible by patients, and these population - based data suggest that the BC public health initiative authorizing pharmacists to provide ECs was indeed associated with an overall increase in emergency contraception access among women in the province.
There is a concern that women who have easy access to a postcoital form of contraception may in fact have more unprotected intercourse and abandon more effective forms of regular contraception.
The 18th district is currently represented in the Senate by Jeff Dial, whose voting record belies a lack of support for contraception access — his vote for HB 2599 helped lay the groundwork to deny state Medicaid recipients the right to receive preventive health care and birth control from Planned Parenthood — as well as his opposition to abortion — as illustrated by his vote in favor of SB 1324, which put severe restrictions around the use of medication abortion, which don't even comply with FDA regulations.
This policy statement from the AAP advocates a public health response to the opioid epidemic and substance use during pregnancy, and recommends: a focus on preventing unintended pregnancies and improving access to contraception; universal screening for alcohol and other drug use in women of childbearing age; knowledge and informed consent of maternal drug testing and reporting practices; improved access to prenatal care, including opioid replacement therapy; gender - specific substance use treatment programs; and improved funding for social services and child welfare systems.
This ensures that basic preventive care, such as contraception, Pap tests, and other cancer screenings, are covered and that women are able to access trusted health care providers in the communities where they live.
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