Sentences with phrase «reduces access to contraception»
Defunding Planned Parenthood only reduces access to contraception and other necessary health care.
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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 birth rate drops only when women are educated and have access to contraception, and infant and child mortality is reduced to the point that families can expect all their children to live.
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.
Increased access to contraception would reduce maternal deaths by 67,000, newborn deaths by 440,000, child deaths by 473,000 and stillbirths by 564,000, they found.
Voluntary family - planning programs reduce unplanned pregnancies by providing access to and information about contraception and by reducing socioeconomic obstacles to use.
Background: Timely access to emergency contraception has the potential to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and subsequent abortions.
Timely access to emergency contraception has the potential to reduce unwanted pregnancies and subsequent abortions.
Research shows that over-the-counter access to emergency contraception does not increase or encourage sexual activity among teens, and better access to proven prevention methods like accurate sex education and emergency birth control are the best ways to reduce the alarming rate of teen pregnancy in this country.
• Senator Frank R. Lautenberg fought to protect Planned Parenthood against congressional attempts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers, which would have reduced women's access to cancer screenings and essential contraception.
One of our most exciting studies underway is a study on self - administration of injectable contraception to further reduce barriers to access.
Langston AM, Joslin - Roher SL and Westhoff CL, Immediate postabortion access to IUDs, implants and DMPA reduces repeat pregnancy within 1 year in a New York City practice, Contraception, 2014, 89 (2): 103 — 108.