Sentences with phrase «of access to contraception»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

«Access to affordable preventive services, including contraception, is a critical part of women's health care.»

A federal appeals court decision allowing girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without a prescription won't immediately change access.

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.

The Romney of last night's debate, on the other hand, would rather assure women of their continuing access to contraception than assure religious groups that they will not be forced to betray their consciences.

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 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.

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.»

What they want to do is to control other people, to stop them from having access to contraception, regardless of their own personal convictions.

The group also attempted to push back on criticism from liberals that their opposition to the contraception rule was akin to restricting access to forms of birth control.

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.

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 spouses.

Catholic schools are being forced to make children aware that, without their parents» consent, they can access medical contraception and abortion services, (although we are allowed, kindly, to add our «opinion» of these activities).

«DUSA must ensure that students have access to all support and resources available to them, including promoting the availability of the things such as contraception.

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.

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.

Because research looked at the years of 2008 - 2011, the Institute says that the falling numbers were not the result of recent abortion - restricting legislative measures; instead, they pointed to the overall falling birth rate and greater 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.

This was a stupid move by Hobby Lobby because most people believe that companies should pay for health insurance, most people believe women should have access to contraception and many of those people vote with their wallet.

We should note at this point that for a school to provide information enabling sexually active pupils «to access» abortion and contraception is, according to Catholic teaching, «formal cooperation» with the grave evils of, respectively, murder and sex outside marriage.

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 contraception.

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.

Today she'd have had access to contraception, so chances are she would have had a much smaller number of children, and been able to watch practically all of them grow up healthy.

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.

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.

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.

Worldwide, there are at least 350 million women who want, but do not have access to, modern methods of contraception.

But while Bachmann, a one - time presidential opponent against Romney, virtually discussed only the economic conditions of working families, Gillibrand pivoted to the Obama administration's support for access to capital for women - owned business and on the contraception issue.

The plan's website says it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services through free access to the Medicaid program or through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»

it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services through free access to the Medicaid program or through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»

Syracuse's sole Planned Parenthood provides women with abortion services, access to various forms of contraception, STI testing and pregnancy tests, among other services.

«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.

Backed by a large number of his conference and advocates, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie warned of «a slow and steady erosion» of reproductive rights hours before the Democrat - dominated chamber passed two measures designed to protect abortion availability and enhance access to contraception.

The economic and health benefits of access to effective contraception add weight to the arguments of the importance of contraception.

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

Backed by a large number of his Democratic conference and advocates, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday afternoon warned of «a slow and steady erosion» of reproductive rights hours before the Democrat - dominated chamber passed two measures designed to protect abortion availability and enhance access to contraception.

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.

The global gag rule primarily affects the delivery of contraception and other reproductive health services, because it is forcing clinics that offer women access to contraception, counseling, and vital maternal health services to cut back their operations or to close.

«The Family Planning research team at University of Utah has worked for a decade [to] overcome a number of different barriers to help women access different methods of contraception,» said Turok, senior author on the study.

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.

However, 8.3 percent of these pharmacies denied access to emergency contraception due to the caller's age.

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 Associated Press reported today that the bill would limit access to or raise costs of basic health services like prenatal care, contraception, and cancer screenings.

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.

Out of the 120 million women that Girl Effect aims to provide Family Planning to, 26 million of them are adolescents without access to contraception.

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.