Not exact matches
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.
The insistence by supporters of
abortion on demand that only «wanted children» be allowed to be born has not
improved our infant mortality
rates, which have remained among the worst in the industrialized world; nor has it helped us cope effectively with the incidence of child abuse, the frequency and severity of which have increased dramatically during this time.
The Guttmacher Institute, which is affiliated with the
abortion rights movement, suggested the
improved use of contraceptives attributed to the falling
rate and total.
A law intended to
improve the safety of
abortion by medication tripled the
rate of complications because it stopped physicians from following latest research
Maternal mortality
rates released earlier this year by a group of UN agencies including WHO, showed far greater declines, indicating that progress in reducing unsafe
abortion lags behind other efforts to
improve women's health worldwide.
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute released last week, U.S. Teen Pregnancies, Births and
Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity, found that pregnancy
rates have declined dramatically among all teens over the past two decades, and that these declines have been primarily driven by
improved use of contraception, particularly increases in the use of highly effective methods and dual use of contraception and condoms.
We use innovative tools to increase access to health information and services, including birth control, as well as
improve maternal mortality and unsafe
abortion rates.