News Review – 3 March 2017
The “She Decides” conference and its success in raising €181 million to counter the Trump Gag Rule dominated the week’s news. In addition to previous announcements, Canada stepped up with a $20 million pledge....
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News Review – 24 February 2017
The week began with news of the death of the woman referred to as “Jane Roe” in the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court abortion rights case. Her transformation from a staunch abortion-rights advocate...
News Review – 17 February 2017
General UK to host summit seeking extra funds for family planning, The Guardian, 16 Feb 2017 Q&A: A systems view saves more lives, says new Pathfinder CEO Lois Quam, Devex, 16 Feb 2017 Global...
News Review – 10 February 2017
General This App Says It’s As Good As The Pill At Preventing Pregnancy, But Experts Want More Evidence, BuzzFeed, 9 Feb 2017 ‘There will be more deaths’: NGOs on Trump’s anti-abortion rule, The Guardian, 9...
News Review – 3 February 2017
General The Trump global gag rule: an attack on US family planning and global health aid, The Lancet (Commentary), 4 Feb 2017 Letter: Time to regulate men’s reproductive rights, Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Feb...
News Review – 27 Jan 2017
General The Gambia finally welcomes its first new president in two decades, Quartz, 26 Jan 2017 Britain May Offer More Women’s Reproductive Rights Funding Worldwide After Trump Stopped It, BuzzFeed, 26 Jan 2017 Fact Checker:...
News Review – 20 January 2017
Weekly News Roundup – 20 Jan 2017 General AEI Public Opinion Study: Attitudes about abortion 2017, AEI, 19 Jan 2017 Nikki Haley’s test at the UN: Is access to abortion a human right?, McClatchey,...
News Review – 13 January 2017
Weekly News Roundup – 13 Jan 2017 General One of the most Catholic countries in the world will give free birth control to millions of women, Washington Post, 12 January 2017 Pathfinder Launches Innovative...
News Review – 6 January 2017
General Moves to restrict abortion law trigger global concern over reproductive rights, IBA, 5 Jan 2017 Trump’s New Health Care Policy Staffer Thinks Birth Control Causes Abortions, TPM, 5 Jan 2017 The continent with...
Family Planning course “Boot Camp” breaks new ground in Ethiopia
Feiruz Surur, head of the department of OB/Gyn at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reviews his notes, squints into the bright lights and prepares to give his lecture. But...
