For many people seeking abortion care, having
access to contraceptive services at the time of their procedure simply makes sense.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs, «The Title X program is designed to provide
access to contraceptive services, supplies and information to all who want and need them.
■ By providing millions of women with
access to contraceptive services they want and need, publicly funded family planning in 2010 helped women to avoid 2.2 million unintended pregnancies.
The Title X program is designed to provide
access to contraceptive services, supplies, and information to all who want and need them.
Zeroing out these vital programs means that 25 million women and couples would lose
access to contraceptive services and supplies.
The Guttmacher study ranked Nebraska, North Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, and Utah lowest among the 50 states, finding they lag significantly in providing adequate
access to contraceptive services.
The Clinton - Reid legislation would effectively give low - income women equal
access to contraceptive services to help prevent an unplanned pregnancy and to pregnancy - related care if they do become pregnant.
More than 35 years ago, the United States embarked on a large - scale effort to provide
access to contraceptive services to low - income women.
«More especially, scaling up, and integrating HIV with sexual and reproductive health services, such as the various education and information platforms, condom programming and
access to contraceptive services.»
Not exact matches
The «gender equality» UN norm is inclusive of and inseparable from the other UN norm of «reproductive health and rights», which is itself inclusive, inter alia, of «safe abortion» and of universal
access to contraceptive information and
services by 2015.
There are 220 million women around the world who say they wish
to avoid pregnancies but lack
access to any effective
contraceptives, counseling, or
services.
The Bellagio Group shares a commitment
to leadership in increasing
access and choice in
contraceptive information,
services, and supplies.
«But the most discussion I expect will be on adolescent education and
access to (
contraceptive)
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 curricula were considered weak in a number of areas: They emphasized abstinence; lacked adequate basic information on
contraceptives, condoms, sex and sexual health; excluded key topics such as reproduction, STIs, abortion,
access to condoms and sexual health
services; and omitted other social and contextual aspects, such as harassment and parental monitoring.
Research is needed
to test interventions that improve knowledge and practice in providing medication abortion, and the Indian Government at the national and state level needs
to prioritise improving policies and practice
to increase
access to comprehensive abortion care and quality
contraceptive services that prevent unintended pregnancy.
«Planned Parenthood for decades has provided ongoing well - woman
services and
contraceptives to millions of women in the U.S. and has been oftentimes the best
access for some underprivileged women
to get
access to contraception,» Lawrence said.
Next week, the House is expected
to take a vote on H.R. 217, Rep. Mike Pence's (R - IN) bill, which would deny
access to preventive care for millions of women by prohibiting health centers across the country, including Planned Parenthood health centers, from receiving federal funding for preventive care, including annual exams, lifesaving cancer screenings,
contraceptive services, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
The Guttmacher Institute documents the need for,
access to and use of
contraceptives and provides the evidence base for public investment in high - quality and affordable family planning
services that provide a full range of methods, comprehensive and accurate information, and effective counseling.
Given that premarital sex has been nearly universal in the U.S. for more than 40 years and that early marriage poses divorce risks, it is vital
to provide teens and young adults with
access to effective
contraceptives and family planning
services.
Because of an increasingly restrictive legal environment and clinic closures across the country, abortion patients are facing new barriers
to care, including the need
to travel greater distances
to access services.2, 20 Overcoming these challenges can be difficult or impossible, especially given that 75 % of abortion patients are low - income, and 59 % have already had a child and may have other family obligations.21 Whether a provider offers same - day
contraceptive services is irrelevant if a patient can not
access abortion care in the first place.
Ensuring that women have
access to a range of
contraceptive services is critical
to reducing levels of unintended pregnancy
Without Title X, many patients would have no
access to contraceptive care, pelvic and breast cancer screenings, STD testing or other sensitive
services.