India - Stop at two kids or lose govt facilities - Karnataka CM

If B S Yeddyurappa , Chief Minister of Indian state Karnataka has his way, the "breed-only" type citizen may lose all major benefits and facilities offered by the government. Coming back from his recent visit from...

HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Spacing Births for Mother and Child

Family planning(FP) in Pakistan is taking a new direction.  The new emphasis is not on the number of pregnancies that a woman should have, but on the spacing of those pregnancies.  Advice being given at...

Obama reverses abortion-funds policy

"Obama reverses abortion-funds policy January 24, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information...

New Tests for Healthy Sperm

Good news for couples trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization.  New technology will allow couples to test sperm quality before going through with the procedure.   "The new test measures the...

MumCentre

MumCentre is a online resource for mothers. Find useful information on pregnancy,baby, birth, breastfeeding, nursing rooms, child care, kindergartens, family

‘Idol Gives Back’ Funds Abortion on Demand

Now in his seventh season as host of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest keeps viewers interested, in part, by sharing information about the contestants, the judges and the hype surrounding the weekly talent competition. Unfortunately, he’s not as forthcoming with information...

China warns of population growth

"China's top family planning body has warned of a "population rebound" as couples flout one child policy rules. The widening wealth gap could lead to a rise in birth rates, Zhang Weiqing, from the National...

The New Cycle of Dependency

"An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun by Robert Koulish, the France-Merrick professor of service learning at Goucher College, found its way into my local paper."The Bush administration's proposed 2008 budget, which...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 2/13/07

"-Birth control, UK style-A new survey by the Family Planning Association finds brits surprisingly uninformed about reproduction. "Nearly one in three Britons think that if a woman jumps up and down, washes or...

Education As Birth Control

"It is an empirical fact that education for women is liberation, which is why patriarchal cultures discourage and or restrict it and force women to abandon it for marriage or child rearing."

Bush's bizarre appointment

" As medical director of A Woman's Concern, a small chain of nonprofit pregnancy counseling clinics that offer no information on birth control, Keroack has agitated against abortion and even contraception —...

Mass. governor vetoes contraception bill

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Mitt Romney vetoed a bill Monday expanding access to emergency contraception, angering abortion rights advocates while pleasing anti-abortion activists crucial to a 2008 presidential run.

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