Sentences with phrase «unintended pregnancies»

The work of Planned Parenthood prevents an estimated 584,000 unintended pregnancies and 277,000 abortions each year in the U.S.

«When it comes to preventing unintended pregnancies and keeping our teens healthy and safe, hiding our heads in the sand is not a sound strategy,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Planned Parenthood believes it's time to put money toward real solutions that will help prevent sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies among teenagers.

Besides preventing serious illness through screening and immunization programs, the health centers funded through Title X also prevent nearly a million unintended pregnancies every year, thus reducing the need for abortion.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, the Title X program helps prevent 970,000 unintended pregnancies.

Every day, Planned Parenthood provides affordable reproductive health care and family planning services that women and men need to prevent unintended pregnancies and STDs, and to plan families when they're ready.

Barring Planned Parenthood health centers from Medicaid would result in a net cost of $ 130 million to taxpayers over 10 years due to increased unintended pregnancies without Planned Parenthood's contraceptive care, projects the Congressional Budget Office.

• Get an annual checkup • Schedule recommended preventive screenings • Practice safe sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections • Use birth control when appropriate to prevent unintended pregnancies.

The Senate also took this opportunity to vote for affordable health care that will reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and acknowledged the failures of abstinence - only education.»

A study in the American Journal of Public Health measured the cost of contraceptive methods compared to the cost of unintended pregnancies when no contraception was used, and found the total savings to the health care system to fall between $ 9,000 and $ 14,000 per woman over five years of contraceptive use.

Contraception prevents unintended pregnancies and enables women to more effectively plan when and if they wish to become pregnant.

Publicly funded family planning providers served 7.8 million women in 2014, helping prevent nearly two million unintended pregnancies.

But you're not reducing the likelihood of unintended pregnancies.»

Dr. Hal Lawrence, president and CEO of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said he is concerned that a funding cut to Planned Parenthood clinics could give low - income women less access to birth control that can help them guard against unintended pregnancies in the face of the Zika threat.

«Planned Parenthood applauds Rep. Tim Ryan and Rep. Rosa DeLauro for proposing commonsense legislation that will help prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion by addressing its root causes,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

These services, which do not include abortion, help avert approximately one million unintended pregnancies annually.

«The U.S. continues to have higher rates of unintended pregnancies than most rich nations, and we know that U.S. and Texas women face barriers as they try to access preventative services.

We agree with President Obama that our nation must leave behind the divisive politics of the last eight years and move forward with commonsense policies that achieve our shared goal of truly preventing unintended pregnancies.

We must work together to fix this crisis and reduce unintended pregnancies.

Notably, half of the unintended pregnancies in the United States are to women who are «using» contraception — but not always consistently or with maximum effectiveness.

Fortifying our commitment to protect women's health, educate teens, and prevent unintended pregnancies, PPVSAT engages in educational and electoral activity, including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and endorsement of candidates for elected office

Experts estimate that wider access to EC could prevent up to 1.7 million unintended pregnancies — and 800,000 abortions — a year.

«This will help to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and to keep women and children healthy.

The health goal of the curriculum is to promote positive sexual health behaviors and beliefs among students who have participated in the Get Real middle school comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, resulting in a delay of sexual initiation, a reduction of unintended pregnancies, and higher use of protection methods.

The Title X National Family Planning Program is a vital component of this country's health care safety net and one of our nation's most effective programs in reducing unintended pregnancies and providing women's health care to those who need it the most.

«They've traveled from across the country to thank lawmakers for standing up for commonsense legislation to provide affordable health care and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies.

Experts estimate that wider access to EC could prevent up to 1.7 million unintended pregnancies a year — and 800,000 abortions.

Without those services, rates of unintended pregnancies, unplanned births and abortions would have been 60 % higher, the research found.

Planned Parenthood health centers provide health care that helps women prevent an estimated 486,000 unintended pregnancies and 204,000 abortions every year.

Cervical cancer screenings and breast exams help catch diseases early — when they are most treatable, and birth control helps women plan their families and manage health care issues, and reduces the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion.

The best way to prevent unintended pregnancies and promote healthy families is to invest in family planning programs like Title X, and ensure more women and families have access to reproductive health care and comprehensive sex education programs.»

This much needed legislation will increase access to family planning, improve health care for low - income women and families, and prevent unintended pregnancies.

«Making birth control available at no cost makes it possible for women to use the method that works best for them and will reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in America.»

For 94 years, Planned Parenthood has worked to improve women's health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.

For 45 years, the federal government has subsidized contraception for poor and uninsured women, quietly preventing millions of abortions and unintended pregnancies.

Today's news underscores what Planned Parenthood and those who work tirelessly to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies already know too well: the United States is facing a teen pregnancy health care crisis, and the national policy of abstinence - only programs just isn't working.

Have you ever heard them rail against poor women who have unintended pregnancies and use public services to help raise their children?

«As a longtime reproductive health care provider and advocate, we know firsthand that open and accurate sexual health discussions are the key to preventing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.»

Indeed, by reducing unintended pregnancies, the programs Republicans want to cut Planned Parenthood out of actually reduce the number of abortions.

Experts estimate that wide access to EC could prevent up to 1.7 million unintended pregnancies — and 800,000 abortions — a year.

Our shared goal must be to reduce unintended pregnancies and ensure that all women, regardless of income, have access to affordable care to lead healthy lives.»

«The best way to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the number of abortions, and promote healthy families is to invest in family planning programs like Title X, and ensure more women and families have access to reproductive health care,» said Richards.

The DASPA oversees Title X, the nation's family planning program, which provides high - quality family planning and preventive health care services to more than five million low - income individuals annually, helping prevent more than one million unintended pregnancies each year.

TPPP gives you the knowledge and skills they need to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases and to develop healthy relationships.

Every day, Planned Parenthood provides affordable reproductive health care and family planning services that women and men need to prevent unintended pregnancies and STDs, and to plan families when they're ready, including:

Anyone who wants to decrease the number of abortions in the United States should join with Planned Parenthood in ensuring that women and families have access to family planning and birth control, the best way to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion.

So it's totally safe to take the morning - after pill as many times as you need to — it's just not the best way to prevent unintended pregnancies long - term.

Planned Parenthood health centers prevent at least 579,000 unintended pregnancies a year, estimates say.

«Doctors and public health experts agree that increased access to birth control is not only one of the best ways to prevent unintended pregnancies, it also improves health outcomes for women and their families,» said Richards.

These clinics also prevent nearly a million unintended pregnancies every year, thus reducing the need for abortion.