| California Family Planning Program Successfully Averts Thousands of Unplanned Pregnancies |
| California's Family PACT (Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment), California's family planning program launched in 1997, has successfully prevented over 200,000 unplanned pregnancies. . In 2002-2003, the program worked with nearly 3,000 providers, both in public health clinics and private practice.1
Family PACT has expanded from serving 750,000 clients in its first ... |
| Anti-Choice Groups Target People of Color |
| Two of the nation's leading anti-choice groups, Heartbeat International and Care Net, have increased efforts to add Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in urban areas with large African-American and Latino populations. Since 2003, Care Net has opened 13 new CPCs in such areas and 15 more are being planned for Atlanta, ... |
| Article Details HIV/AIDS Infection Among Young People |
| A recent Journal of Adolescent Health article titled “Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States” explores the demographics of young people living with HIV/AIDS. The article studies the national HIV/AIDS Reporting system from 1985 to 2003 (the most recent year for which data ... |
| India Plans to Primarily Promote Condom Use for HIV Prevention |
| Recently, India announced that 80% of funding in the government's new 5 year, $2.5 billion HIV/AIDS initiative will be allocated to prevention efforts. Within this framework, condoms will be the primary prevention method and the campaign will include the installation of 100,000 condom vending machines in colleges, train stations, gas ... |
| New Report Outlines Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights |
| On September 13, 2006, the Center for American Progress released a report titled More than a Choice: A Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights. This report articulates a new vision and a new proactive approach to reproductive rights and the fight for reproductive justice and freedom. The report aims ... |
| House Democrats Introduce Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act |
| Representative Tim Ryan (D-IL), who opposes abortion rights, and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), who supports abortion rights, and other Democrats recently introduced in the House the Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act (H.R. 6067) which aims to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions.
The bill ... |
| Representatives Question Abstinence-Until-Marriage Funding Requirement |
| On September 6, 2006, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform held a hearing, led by Representative Christopher Shays (R-CT), on the appropriateness of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief's (PEPFAR) abstinence-until-marriage funding requirement.1 Although PEPFAR purports to promote a balanced ABC approach (abstinence only-until-marriage, be faithful, ... |
