 Worldwide Contraceptive Use Rising - http://www.orgyn.com/en//webzine/2002/issue_12/worldwide_contracept.asp?svarqvp2=0&componentid=134329&sourcepageid=139724 Discussion of UN data on current contraceptive practices and needs in 153 countries and areas. Overall contraceptive use increased substantially over the past decade in developing countries. [Requires free registration.] |
 Desire for Sons Drives Use of Prenatal Scans in China - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/21/international/asia/21CHIN.html New York Times article on the unintended consequences of China's one-child family planning policies. Access to this article requires free registration. |
 In China's Countryside, 'It's a Boy!' Too Often - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A77925-2001May25 Washington Post article discusses the effects of China's one-child policies on sex-selective abortion, infanticide, and other practices that affect sex ratios. |
 AlexanderSanger.com - http://www.alexandersanger.com Biography, writings, and interests of Alexander C. Sanger. He is the grandson of Margaret Sanger, who founded the birth control movement, and is currently Chair of the International Planned Parenthood Council. |
 Bixby Program in Population, Family Planning and Maternal Health - http://bixby.berkeley.edu University of California at Berkeley students, researchers, and staff working to reduce maternal deaths in developing countries by studying and promoting effective family planning approaches. |
 Improving Contraceptive Choices and Services - http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/nfp.html Family Health International research, education and services in family planning, STDS/HIV and family health. Worldwide scope. Multiple languages available. |
 AlterNet: Planned Parenthood's Pricey Pills - http://www.alternet.org/story/32759/ Article and commentary about the high cost of contraception at US clinics. |
 Quinacrine Sterilization - http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=1376&department=CWA&categoryid=life Outlines concerns about the safety and possible carcinogenicity of quinacrine, use of which is being considered for use in sterilization programs in poor countries. |
 Reproductive Health Technologies Project - http://rhtp.org Reproductive freedom advocacy group, based in the U.S. News and information on emerging issues in contraception, including new contraceptive technologies. |
 Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health - http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_repro.cfm One of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Daily Health Reports. News on a variety of reproductive health issues and topics. |
 Contraception - http://www.crlp.org/ww_iss_contracept.html Center for Reproductive Law and Policy issues information and position statements on access to contraception, including emergency forms, around the world. |
 Development Gateway: Population and Reproductive Health - http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/146526/ A large collection of information and internet links about strategies, issues and programmes in reproductive health services and family planning, particularly in developing countries. |
 Culture War Hits Local Pharmacy - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0408/p01s02-ussc.html Christian Science Monitor article about the issues involved when pharmacists refuse (on religious or moral grounds) to fill prescriptions for contraceptives and morning-after pills. |
 Preventing Teenage Pregnancy - http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/archive/hhs_teenage_pregnancy.shtml Overview of U.S. programs and statistics. |
 The 'Illegitimacy Bonus' and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births--Patricia Donovan - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3109499.html Article from Family Planning Perspectives about the progress of U.S. efforts to reduce pregnancy among welfare recipients. |
 Contraceptive Failure and Unintended Pregnancy - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3125099.html Essay: Ambivalence toward pregnancy and ambivalence toward -- often downright dislike of -- birth control methods is probably a cause of "unintended" conception. |
 Are There Unmet Family Planning Needs in Europe? - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3207400.html Study reported in Family Planning Perspectives. |
 Refusing to Participate In Health Care: A Continuing Debate - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/gr030108.html Analysis by the Alan Guttmacher Institute on the issue of whether individuals and institutions should be permitted to refuse to participate in reproductive and other health care services on the grounds of religious belief or moral objection. |
 Family Planning Services in Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention - http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/3128799.html Surveys in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.S. identify factors determining the success of family planning in preventing adolescent pregnancy. From Family Planning Perspectives. |
 State Innovations in Family Planning Services Agency - http://www.sifpsa.org/ Reproductive health non-governmental organization in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Information about programs to reduce fertility rate and improve maternal and child health, including personal counseling, contraceptive marketing, and work with personal birth attendants. |
 Gente Joven - http://www.gentejoven.org.mx/ingles/default.asp Mexican family planning group describes its programs, including efforts to implement replicable sexual health education strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
 Family Planning Law and China's Birth Control Situation - http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/Oct/46138.htm In an interview, State Family Planning Commission official explains the law and the population and family planning situation in the country. |