Peruvian teen moms explain the need for better sex education and reproductive health services. In Peru, there are four girls under the age of 15 that give birth every day, and 90% of those girls live in poverty. Read more
Data indicates that teenage pregnancies have been declining steadily since the 1990s because more teens use contraception. With that being said, many teens use contraception incorrectly and inconsistently, and they also fail to use the most effective methods of contraception, which calls for better education about contraception. Read more
Idaho will now join Utah, Arkansas, and South Dakota in requiring physicians to inform women seeking medication abortions that the procedure can be interrupted, even though there is no scientific evidence that backs this claim. Read more
Last week New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to restore state funding for family planning clinics that were cut under Governor Chris Christie's administration. This legislation was one of the first priorities in the new legislation session. Read more
The Trump administration's budget proposal for 2019 sacrifices women's health and reproductive rights while simultaneously proposes to dump $75 million into abstinence-only education programs. Read more
Women in their 20s are just starting out in their careers and adult life. To help these women become successful, they need access to family planning services—and they have a right to these services. I am a 22 year old woman. I graduated from the University of Washington in 3 years with 2 degrees. Upon graduating, I started working for the Human Right to Family Planning Initiative and still do. A couple of months later, [...]
The president of the Center for Reproductive Rights and the interim CEO of Ipas explain the effects of the Global Gag rule that Trump reinstated and expanded last January. These women describe how Trump uses this “America First” ideology to disregard the human rights of girls and women around the world. Read more
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s research shows that women lack options for abortion coverage when states restrict insurance companies from covering abortion services. Currently, 10 states already have these restrictions. Read more
Last Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that Toledo’s last abortion clinic, Capital Care, will have to shut down or make a transfer agreement with a local hospital. Then on Monday, Capital Care signed an agreement with ProMedica, which saved women from having to travel 50 miles across state lines to an abortion clinic in Michigan. Read more
Melinda Gates spoke out against Trump’s newest budget request for the next fiscal year. She explained that if the budget passed, it will harm women and children in need of family planning services, and that for some women and children, these services are a matter of life and death. Read more