This is unprecedented for a program that has helped
expand access to family planning services in countries with low incomes for over 50 years and currently operates in nearly 40 countries.
Not exact matches
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.
By weakening and eliminating these scourges — along with
expanding access to family planning information and
services — global population will stabilize and start a gradual decline sooner rather than later.
The Prevention First Act will help women and couples
plan their
families and their futures by
expanding access to critically needed affordable
family planning education and reproductive health care
services.
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.