The Telegraph Girls as young as 13 will be pressed to have contraceptive jabs under Government plans to “urgently” bring down teenage pregnancy rates. By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent 8:12PM GMT 15 Nov 2008 Ministers have ordered council and health chief executives to increase the uptake of “long-acting” contraception in teen pregnancy “hot spots”. The Continue Reading …
13 Yr. Old Girls Get Contraceptive Implants at School
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Girls as young as 13 have been fitted with contraceptive implants at school without their parents knowing
and has caused a backlash from parents who weren’t aware that their daughters had been fitted with the 4cm device, which sits under the skin.
It is currently unknown exactly how many youngsters have taken part in the scheme.
The US is out of sync on contraception
January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Across Africa, leaders are starting to recognise that birth control saves lives. But the US still treats it as a political football The Guardian Jessica Mack guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 10 January 2012 07.59 EST On the poor outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, we sat before six imams in an airy mosque. They are holy men, respected community Continue Reading …
Teenage pregnancy prevention
July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Daily Independent
Nigeria
July 16, 2011
The reality in recent times that there is a rapid decline in the age at menarche, that is, age at which young girls see their menstruation as well as increased schooling among girls are two key events that have prolonged the period of adolescence.
Increased schooling in particular has made teenagers less dependent on parents and family, and has postponed the age at marriage, and thereby the age of socially sanctioned sexual relations.
Older moms told to avoid estrogen pill in weeks after baby arrives
July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
MSN.com
New guidelines for postpartum contraception also apply after C-sections
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor
updated 7/7/2011 5:09:25 PM ET
New government guidelines suggest that women who have recently given birth and are older than 34 or who had a C-section steer clear of certain types of oral contraceptives.
U.S. woman faces life in prison after stillbirth … could it happen here?
July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Canadian Women’s Health Network
June 28, 2011
A Mississippi woman is facing murder charges after her child was stillborn. Rennie Gibbs became pregnant aged 15, but experienced a stillbirth 36 weeks into the pregnancy. Because she had a cocaine habit – though there is no evidence that drug abuse caused the baby’s death – she was charged with “depraved-heart murder”, which carries a mandatory life sentence.
More U.S. women using “morning-after” pill: study
April 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
FDA Formula Probe Is Good News for Mothers, Babies
March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Womenenews.org
By Kimberly Seals Allers
Editorial director, Black Maternal Health
Monday, March 28, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration will be looking into the health claims of infant formulas. Kimberly Seals Allers says it’s about time, since these deceptive claims often mislead moms into thinking formula is just as good as breast milk.
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