Family Planning News

• More evidence that health plans stint on mandated birth control coverage

  Kaiser Health News | May 2015

• The state still controls women’s bodies. Especially brown and black ones

  The Guardian | April 2015

• I’m seeing the most progress in Bihar, says Melinda Gates

  The Times of India | April 2015

• Families, lawsuits, raise questions about NuvaRing

  CNN | April 2015

• Westerners don’t appreciate how amazing contraception is

  The Guardian | March 2015

• Iran’s plan to boost declining birth rate? Block access to birth control

  Newsweek | March 2015

• Iran aims to ban vasectomies and cut access to contraceptives to boost births

  The Guardian | March 2015

• Colorado debates whether IUDs are contraception or abortion

  npr.org | March 2015

• International Women’s Day: 10 top health problems for women

  Huffington post | March 2015

• Are pediatricians prepared to help patients who want IUDs?

  NPR | February 2015

• A brief history of contraception

  The Atlantic | February 2015

• Birth control access key means of reaching climate goals: Experts

  Reuters | February 2015

• Side-effects keeping women away from contraceptives: Study

  The Nation | January 2015

• Bridging the gap: Family planning, rights, and climate-compatible development

  The Wilson Center | January 2015

• Condoms and contraceptive pills reach rural Laos

  The Guardian | January 2015

• Stakeholders plan new policies for reproductive health in Nigeria

  Health Reporters | December 2014

• The climate-change solution no one will talk about

  The Atlantic | November 2014

• Melinda Gates backs contraception for healthier, wealthier future

  Reuters | November 2014

• Cuba tries to drive up fertility amid baby slump

  Associated Press | October 2014

• The team that invented the birth-control pill

  The Atlantic | October 2014

• Amid population explosion, birth control access roils the Philippines

  PBS | August 2014

• The role of education and health care in fostering sustainable motherhood

  NYTimes.com | May 2014

• Changing lives, one woman at a time: Maternal health in Kenya 

  Huffington Post | May 2014

• Imams in Senegal are not against family planning

  Impatient Optimists | April 2014

• Why global goals and indicators matter: The experience of sexual and reproductive health and the Millennium Development Goals

  Journal of Human Development and Capabilities | April 2014

• Family planning program in Senegal drawn into conflict with religious leaders

  Washington Post | March 2014

• Do moms who work less have healthier babies?

  The Atlantic | March 2014

• Maternal health still an issue – Study

  New Vision (Uganda) | December 2013

• Addressing mortality of the world's mothers

  Huffington Post | December 2013

• Getting governments and the United Nations to focus on women and youth

  Huffington Post | December 2013

• Mozambique: Maternal mortality still unacceptably high

  Mozambique News Agency | December 2013

• Abortions in Nigeria are legally restricted, unsafe – And common

  Al Jazeera America | December 2013

• UN agency launches plan to protect girls, women in Philippines typhoon aftermath

  UN News Centre | November 2013

• Women in Haiti embracing birth control despite taboos

  The Miami Herald | November 2013

• Kenya: Mothers in slums embrace family planning

  The Star | November 2013

• Tanzania likely to fall short on its family planning targets

  IRIN | November 2013

• Why it takes teens equipped with condoms to encourage family planning in Africa

  Time | November 2013

• Full access and full choice can only result from full rights

  Impatient Optimists | November 2013

• Africa: Helping mothers to deliver healthy children safely

  All Africa | November 2013

• Why family planning is central to development

  CSIS - Smart Global Health | November 2013

• US promotes postpartum family planning in developing countries

  Voice of America | November 2013

• Typhoon Haiyan: UK aid delivery must assess risk of violence against women

  The Guardian | November 2013

• Integrated child marriage prevention and adolescent family planning

  The Lancet Global Health Blog | November 2013

• African Union head calls for end to child marriage

  The Guardian | November 2013

• Teenage pregnancies and contraception access under spotlight at global summit

  The Guardian | November 2013

• Pakistani midwives provide postpartum family planning services

  Women Deliver | October 2013

• Keep women and girls at the heart of development

  Huffington Post | October 2013

• Tailored to fit: Programming for the sexual and reproductive health of young women in Africa

  New Security Beat | October 2013

• UN Secretary-General, UNFPA call for accelerated action to prevent women and girls from dying unnecessarily

  UNFPA | September 2013

• Syria ER: Pregnant in war, a growing women’s health crisis

  ABC News | September 2013