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  • Abortion Fact Sheet

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    A fact sheet on current facts and statistics on abortion trends, provider profile, and abortion policy, both federal and state. Fact Sheet:

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  • From the Patient’s Perspective: Quality of Abortion Care

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    To learn how women view abortion care, the Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned a study of more than 2,200 patients. The Picker Institute, a health care assessment and improvement research organization, interviewed a diverse group of women drawn from 12 abortion providers in a dozen states around the country. The study, the first of its kind on such a large scale, found that patients generally gave abortion providers high marks for quality of care. Women also…

  • KFF- What Teens Know and Don’t (But Should) About Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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    A random-sample national survey of 400 teens, ages 15 to 17 years old about their awareness of and attitudes toward sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) - focusing primarily on STDs other than HIV/AIDS. The survey was conducted by telephone by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Kaiser Family Foundation, MTV: Music Television and TEEN PEOPLE. TOPLINE Download CHARTPACK Download

  • World AIDS Day 1998 – Youth And AIDS

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    A summary of findings from the Foundation's survey of teens on HIV, and other relevant facts about how young people are being affected by HIV/AIDS. FACT SHEET Download

  • Fact Sheet: World AIDS Day 1998 – Youth And AIDS

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    World AIDS Day 1998: An Update On Youth And HIV New Survey Data On Teens In November 1998, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a survey of 517 teens between the ages of 12 and 17.* The results... What Teens say about HIV/AIDS: Teens express high rates of PERSONAL concern about becoming infected with HIV, higher than adults in the general population. A third are "very concerned" (32%), and 22% are "somewhat concerned" (as compared to…

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America:  How Many and at What Cost? News Release

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    New Estimate of Annual Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in US: STD Epidemic Bigger Than Previously Thought, But Experts Say There Is "Good News" That Higher Estimate Result Of Improved Detection Two STDs -- HPV and Trichomoniasis -- Account for Two Thirds of New Cases; Cost to Treat Current Infections in U.S. Estimated at $8.4 Billion Per Year Embargoed For Release Until: 9:30 A.M. ET, Wednesday, December 2, 1998 New York, NY - A panel…

  • Will 1999 Be The Year For Mifepristone (RU-486) And, An Update on Women’s Other Options for Very Early Abortion – Fact Sheet

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    Abortion in the U.S. Most abortions in the U.S. today are performed surgically, typically using vacuum aspiration (VA). 9 in 10 abortions occur within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.5 Surgical abortions can be performed as early as pregnancy is first detected, using electric VA or manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).21 Medical abortions are procedures using medications to induce abortion, such as mifepristone (also called RU-486) or methotrexate in combination with misoprostol. Unintended Pregnancy And Surgical…