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  • Emergency Contraception on the Drug Store Shelves?Will it Happen? And What Would It Mean for “The Pill”?

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    The debate over whether women should be able to get "the pill" without a prescription has been going on quietly for years. Now, some women's health advocates are asking if emergency contraception, birth control that can be used to prevent pregnancy after sex, should be available over-the-counter. The reason? While new emergency contraceptive products are now on the market, many U.S. women still don't know about them. And, even if they do, they might not…

  • Third National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health

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    Third National Survey of Women's Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health This national survey of women's health care providers on reproductive health includes data on prescribing practices and discussion of contraceptive counseling, as well as demographic information. Survey Snapshot: Women's Health Care Providers Experiences with Emergency Contraception Toplines: National Survey of Women's Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health: Emergency Contraception

  • The Gender of Politics: How (And How Much) Will Women Influence Election 2000?

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    Campaign 1992 was dubbed "The Year of the Woman" because more female candidates ran that year than any other in U.S. history. In 1996, "Soccer Moms" grabbed headlines as the group that candidates needed to win. What role will women have in 2000? How will Election 2000 be remembered? Who is the "woman voter?" What issues does "she" care about? How will women affect the 2000 campaign? A panel of experts, including Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, President,…

  • Sex Education in America:  A View from Inside the Nation’s Classrooms

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    A series of new national surveys of students and their parents (1501 pairs), teachers (1001), and principals (313) from the Kaiser Family Foundation on Sex Education in America, was released on Tuesday, September, 26th, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Challenging the convention that Americans are reluctant to have sexual health issues taught in school, the surveys show that most parents, along with educators and students themselves, would expand sex education courses and…

  • Emergency Contraception: From Prescription to Over-the-Counter

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    This issue update provides information on the process of making emergency contraception available without a prescription. It includes sections on how a drug becomes availible without a prescription;, the over-the counter-debate; implications for cost and use; and safety and efficacy. Issue Update

  • What You Need To Know On The Pill : The Latest Research and Birth Control s Other Coming Attractions

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    It seems that almost every week the media reports on a new study about the Pill. Forty years after the first birth control pill was approved, research continues into everything from how effective oral contraceptives are to what impact they may have on risk for breast cancer, cervical cancer, or stroke. The Pill is the most widely used reversible contraceptive today and most new birth control methods also rely on hormones just like it. Yet…

  • Teens on Sex: What They Say Teens Today Need to Know, And Who They Listen To

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    A national random-sample telephone survey of 1,510 teenagers age 12-18, conducted for the Foundation by Princeton Survey Research Associates between March 28, 1996 and May 5, 1996. The survey finds that most teens have enough information about how girls get pregnant, but not how to use different kinds of birth control. The survey also revealed a number of misperceptions about the consequences of pregnancy and that most teens say a common reason teens do get…