News Review – 5 May 2017
Today is International Day of the Midwife, which was marked in the press and on social media with stories about the importance of midwives in maternal care, in reducing maternal deaths, and the importance...
Tagged: Reproductive
News Review – 28 April 2017
The top research story of the week is a new Lancet study that concludes a $1 drug that has been around a long time – the blood-clotting aid tranexamic acid (TXA) – could save...
News Review – 24 March 2017
This week saw more proof, if it were needed, that promoting access to family planning and contraception can have dramatic results. A report in the UK showed that teen pregnancy had halved in the...
News Review – 10 March 2017
Promoting contraception, family planning and reproductive health is not only good health policy; it is also a solid financial investment, a point emphasized around the world to mark International Women’s Day. One study by...
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....
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 – 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 – 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...
