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Thousands of demonstrators march outside the U.S. Supreme Court during the Women's March in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.

Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics

Oct 05, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services said Monday its new regulation, which will go into effect Nov. 8, will restore clinics' ability to refer women seeking abortions to a provider.
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Politics
A Planned Parenthood of Utah facility in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration is moving to reverse a Trump-era family planning policy that critics describe as a domestic "gag rule" for reproductive healthcare providers.

Biden Administration Moves To Undo Trump Abortion Rules For Title X

Apr 14, 2021
The Trump administration tried to "defund" Planned Parenthood and other groups through changes to the Title X family planning program. The Biden administration is proposing reversing those rules.
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Goats and Soda
A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group Marie Stopes International.

A Biden Promise About Overseas Abortion Funding Could Prove Difficult To Implement

Dec 03, 2020
It's part of an ongoing back-and-forth: Republican presidents ban U.S. funds for foreign aid groups that 'promote' abortion, Democratic presidents revoke the ban. This time things could be different.
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Global Health
Nana (left) gets her birth control implant checked by Dr. Jean Rangomana during the Marie Stopes International mobile clinic in Besakoa, Madagascar, on April 9, 2018. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances in Madagascar, and Trump administration pol

Under Trump, New Anti-Abortion Rules Shook Fragile Health Systems Around the World

Nov 24, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president since Ronald Reagan.
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National
Birth control pills in 1976 in New York. The birth control pill was approved by the FDA 60 years ago this week.

How The Approval Of The Birth Control Pill 60 Years Ago Helped Change Lives

May 09, 2020
Before the pill was approved by the FDA on May 9, 1960, there were few contraceptive options available to young women. It revolutionized family planning and the sex lives of millions of Americans.
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World
Unwed pregnant women in China face a legal gray zone where they are unable to access public services for themselves and their children.

In China, Kids Of Unwed Mothers May Be Barred From Public Health Care, Education

Nov 06, 2019
Being a mom without a husband leaves many women in a legal gray zone where they are unable to access medical and other public services for themselves and their children. Some women are even fined.
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Shots - Health News
Unlike Planned Parenthood which pulled out of Title X family planning funding, many clinics still take the funding and must comply with new rules on discussing abortion. Doctors worry it will affect their relationships with patients.

Doctors Say Federal Rules On Discussing Abortions Inhibit Relationships With Patients

Sep 09, 2019
Many clinics that provide family planning services still rely on Title X funding. Their doctors worry about what they can say to patients about abortion under new rules.
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National
Unless a federal court intervenes, Planned Parenthood says it will formally withdraw from the nation's family planning program for low-income people.

Planned Parenthood To Withdraw From Title X, Unless Court Intervenes

Aug 14, 2019
Planned Parenthood officials asked for a stay against new Trump administration rules that forbid organizations receiving Title X funds to provide or refer patients for abortion.
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National
Anti-abortion-rights advocates gather outside a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic in June. Title X recipients have been given more time to comply with new regulations.

Some Title X Recipients Will Have More Time To Comply With New Abortion Rules

Jul 21, 2019
The rules block recipients of federal grants from referring patients for abortion. The Trump administration says groups working in "good faith" will have until Aug. 19 to provide written assurance.
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National
Abortion-rights activists, politicians and others associated with Planned Parenthood gather for a demonstration against the Trump administration's Title X rule change on Feb. 25 in New York. Multiple lawsuits have been filed opposing the new rule.

Trump's Overhaul Of Federal Family Planning Program Faces Multiple Lawsuits

Mar 06, 2019
The Trump administration has finalized new rules that bar federally funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions. Abortion-rights supporters call that prohibition a "gag" rule.
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Shots - Health News
Abortion-rights activists gathered for a news conference in New York City Monday to protest the Trump administration's proposed restrictions on family planning providers. The rule would force any medical provider receiving federal assistance to refuse to

Foes Of Trump's Restrictions On Family Planning Clinics See Law On Their Side

Feb 28, 2019
In 1991, the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on family planning providers that are similar to rules proposed by the Trump Administration. But Trump critics say the legal landscape has changed.
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Goats and Soda
Mehnaz sits inside her home in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan. She has one son and six daughters. She has also had three abortions, fearing she would have more girls.

Why The Abortion Rate In Pakistan Is One Of The World's Highest

Nov 28, 2018
Family planning researchers point to a number of reasons. The procedure itself is legal in Pakistan — but only in limited circumstances.
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Shots - Health News
Staff members hold an informal meeting before opening the STD free clinic in February in Portland, Maine. The CDC recorded more than 2 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis nationally in 2016 — the highest number of reported cases yet, off

Trump's Redirection Of Family Planning Funds Could Undercut STD Fight

Jun 12, 2018
Some public health officials fear Trump's move to change how the Title X family planning funding is handled may hurt the effort to cut the record number of sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S.
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Shots - Health News
Planned Parenthood's affiliated clinics, like this one in Chicago, provide wellness exams and comprehensive contraceptive services, as well as screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted diseases for both women and men.

What Does Trump's Proposal To Cut Planned Parenthood Funds Mean?

May 18, 2018
The Trump administration is pulling out an old regulation that it believes will be able to meet a conservative goal: cutting a key program's funding for Planned Parenthood. The strategy might work.
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National
President Trump shakes hands with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar  after he is sworn in by Vice President Pence on Jan. 29. Major reproductive health organizations are voicing concerns about the Trump administration's new approach to federa

Planned Parenthood Sues To Block Trump's 'Radical Shift' In Family Planning Program

May 02, 2018
The Trump administration's proposed changes to the federal Title X program would put the health of millions of low-income patients at risk, according to Planned Parenthood.
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The Two-Way
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte discouraged condom use while addressing Filipino workers returning home from Kuwait on Feb. 13 near Manila.

Philippines' Duterte Mocks Condom Use Amid Skyrocketing HIV Rates

Feb 20, 2018
"Don't use condoms because they don't feel good," President Rodrigo Duterte suggested. The country's HIV infection rate has risen dramatically within the last decade.
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Goats and Soda
Boats pull into the sandy waterfront port of Ambohitsara, where the British nonprofit Marie Stopes holds a contraception clinic a few times a year.

U.S. Slashes Funds For Family Planning In Madagascar

Oct 14, 2017
The Trump administration has cut off funding to international groups that perform or promote abortion. That could mean a shutdown of family planning clinics in the African island.
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Goats and Soda
To mark Safe Motherhood Day 2016, Ritah Namwiza talked to Ugandan students about health.

What This Teen Mom Wishes She'd Known Before She Got Pregnant

Jul 11, 2017
She was ashamed to be seen buying condoms. She didn't dare ask her mother for advice. So how can Uganda bring down its high rate of teen pregnancy?
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Goats and Soda
A woman in a rural area of Kenya examines an intrauterine device during a visit from a outreach team sent by a family planning organization.

Trump's Proposed Budget Would Cut $2.2 Billion From Global Health Spending

May 25, 2017
The administration wants to reduce the current $8.7 billion global health budget by about 26 percent. Family planning programs would be the hardest hit.
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Shots - Health News
Under a new rule, hospitals in Missouri, including the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, may no longer be eligible for state funds for providing women's health services to low-income patients.

Missouri Rejects Federal Money In Order To Set Up Its Own Abortion Restrictions

Mar 29, 2017
Abortion is already heavily restricted in Missouri, but now the state is cutting more funding to organizations that provide abortions, even though it means rejecting millions of dollars from the feds.
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Shots - Health News
Dawn States, 26, says she wouldn't be able to safely carry a pregnancy because of spinal problems that required two surgeries. She has turned to Planned Parenthood for years to obtain contraceptives and gynecological care.

Public Clinics Fear Federal Cuts To Planned Parenthood Would Strand Patients

Mar 07, 2017
A goal for many Republicans is to cut federal funding for health services at Planned Parenthood and divert those funds to public health centers. How ready are those centers to pick up that work?
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Goats and Soda
A mobile clinic outside Mombassa, Kenya, provides women in rural areas with family planning options like contraceptive implants and offers cervical cancer screening as well.

Trump Bans U.S. Funding For Groups That 'Promote' Abortion Overseas

Jan 23, 2017
The new president has reinstated the "Mexico City" policy first instituted by Ronald Reagan in 1984. And this version is even broader than previous ones.
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The Two-Way
The U.S. abortion rate is at the lowest recorded point since the Supreme Court's <em>Roe v. Wade </em>decision<em> </em>in 1973.

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade

Jan 17, 2017
A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.
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The Two-Way
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, shown at a news conference at Davao's international airport on Dec. 17, says family planning is critical for reducing poverty.

In Majority Catholic Philippines, Duterte Orders Better Access To Birth Control

Jan 12, 2017
A law in the Philippines mandates universal access to contraception, but the Supreme Court and the Catholic Church have fought its implementation. President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing back.
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Shots - Health News
Planned Parenthood's president, Cecile Richards, addresses the Democratic National Convention in July. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly threatened to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood because the family planning group performs abortio

Obama Administration Moves To Protect Planned Parenthood's Federal Funding

Dec 14, 2016
The last-minute regulation blocks state agencies from withholding federal funds from the family planning organization.

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