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Sperm's Swimming Skills: Discovery Shed Light on Male Infertility, Yields Clues to Development of Male Contraceptive Pill
October 9, 2012 — New insights into the swimming skills of sperm shed light on male infertility, which affects one in 20 men, and could provide a new avenue to the development of a male contraceptive ... > full story -
Abortion Rates Plummet With Free Birth Control
October 4, 2012 — Providing birth control to women at no cost substantially reduced unplanned pregnancies and cut abortion rates by 62 percent to 78 percent over the national rate, a new study ... > full story -
Women With Learning Disabilities Often Do Not Have Say in Contraception
October 3, 2012 — A study of the families of women with learning disabilities and staff who work with them revealed the influences on their choice of contraceptive. Less than a third have formal assessments for mental ... > full story -
A Birth Control Pill for Men? When?
September 26, 2012 — When will men have their own birth control pill? Scientists have been predicting the debut of a male pill within five years for the last 30 years. The factors accounting for that delay -- and new ... > full story -
Doctors Who Perform Abortions Are Compelled by Conscience, Just Like Those Who Refuse
September 13, 2012 — Exercising conscience in healthcare is usually defined as refusing to provide contested services, like abortion. But in an article to be published Sept. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, a ... > full story -
Parents Prefer Some, Often Less-Effective Birth Control Methods for Teens
September 13, 2012 — Parents of teen girls are more ready to accept their daughters being offered birth control pills and condoms during doctor visits than other, more effective and long-acting contraceptive methods, ... > full story -
Two in Five Women in the United States Do Not Use Any Form of Birth Control
September 12, 2012 — Roughly two in five women in the United States do not use any form of birth control and many underestimate their risk for pregnancy, according to a recent survey about contraceptive practices in the ... > full story -
Increased Risk of Prematurity and Low Birth Weight in Babies Born After Three or More Abortions
August 29, 2012 — One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a subsequent first birth has found that women who have had three or more abortions have a higher risk of some adverse birth ... > full story -
Distressing Life Events and Poverty Behind Many Abortions in U.S., Study Finds
August 20, 2012 — Most women accessing abortion services in the United States have faced a major life stressor, such as job loss or separation, in the preceding year, new research ... > full story -
Finally, the Promise of Male Birth Control in a Pill: Compound Makes Mice Reversibly Infertile
August 16, 2012 — Researchers have finally found a compound that may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. The study shows that the small molecule makes male mice reversibly infertile ... > full storyMore:
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