Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Unsafe abortion remains one of the most preventable causes of maternal death and injury worldwide, in part because women lack the necessary information to make the best choices about their reproductive health. And sometimes the information they need is just a phone call or ...
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Midwives save lives. They’re on the frontlines of health care every day, keeping women healthy through pre- and postnatal care and through comprehensive reproductive health care, including safe abortion.
They get some much-deserved recognition on May 5—International Day of the ...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has issued a bold resolution in support of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and human rights, including the right to safe abortion care where legal.
The resolution was adopted as the ...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The information we value the most often comes from face-to-face interactions with trusted family, friends and community members. This truth is at the heart of Ipas’s work with communities around the world to improve women’s access to reproductive health care.
Even in countries ...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
On March 22, Planned Parenthood Federation of America bestowed its annual Margaret Sanger Award on two longtime reproductive health champions: Dr. Uta Landy and Dr. Philip Darney, both of University of California, San Francisco.
Both Landy and Darney have ties to Ipas and our ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to maternal mortality worldwide. However, abortion law and policy liberalization, combined with expansion of abortion and family planning services, can lead to fewer deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion, Ipas researchers note in the ...
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