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Afghan Mullahs Promote Birth Control to Save Lives

(March 2) -- Mullahs in Afghanistan are trying new strategies to prevent an ongoing health and economic crisis caused by high fertility and maternal mortality rates: They're passing out birth control pills and distributing condoms. The tactics might come as a surprise, given that women living under the Taliban faced...

New Green Scheme Fights Carbon Emissions With Condoms

LONDON -- At next week's U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, world leaders will discuss a range of strategies to cut carbon emissions, such as boosting funding for clean energy projects and providing greater protection for rain forests. But a British charity claims that a cheaper, more effective way to halt...

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Abortion Figures Reveal Three Teen Girls Given Terminations Had At Least Seven Previous Abortions

Abortions were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.

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Birth Control Pills Fail 20 Times More Often Than

The pill is the reversible option most commonly used by women who practice contraception, but it is not the most effective.

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Trent Franks' Office Swarmed By D.C. Residents To Protest Abortion Ban

A swarm Washington, D.C., residents descended on Rep. Trent Franks' (R-Ariz.) Capitol Hill office on Wednesday to drop off plastic rats, pictures of potholes, unfair parking tickets and other representations of municipal problems in protest of the D.C. abortion ban he sponsored.

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Abortion: Marie Stopes Director Asks Whether It's Time To Change The Law On Terminations

Tracey McNeill is very calm for someone whose industry has recently been hit by a wave of fresh scrutiny.

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Catherine Furey, Mother Of Five, Died After Drinking Vinegar In 'Home Abortion'

Catherine Furey, a 38-year-old mother of five from Salford, UK died after drinking industrial-strength vinegar in an attempted at-home abortion, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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05/28/12 Pills fall short in birth-control contest Source: The Checkup - The Washington Post Oral contraceptives are among the most popular forms of birth control in the United States.
05/27/12 Time to oppose 'War Against Women' Source: Daily Herald - Glen Ellyn IL I write this on behalf of the countless women and men whose lives have been devastated by abortion.
05/25/12 Women Will Soon Be Able To Afford The Most Effective... Source: Think Progress The vast majority of women in the U.S. are not using the most effective method of birth control available, according to a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
05/25/12 Doctor ordered to pay maintainance after failed... Source: Taipei Times A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay for the upkeep of a child after a failed abortion operation meant the boy's mother was obliged to see her pregnancy through.
05/25/12 Q&A with Naomi Wolf and Amanda Marcotte: the war on... Source: The Guardian - London - UK This week, Naomi wrote about the wave of conservative initiatives to restrain abortion rights in many US states, and the quiet campaign to weaken Planned Parenthood in both the public and private sectors.