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What Is Morning Sickness? What Causes Morning Sickness?

Medical News Today

Morning sickness, also known as nausea gravidarum, nausea/vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) , emesis gravidarum or pregnancy sickness is a condition that affects over 50% of all pregnant females. The woman feels nauseous, sometimes vomits and is often tired. Women who use hormonal contraception or HRT (hormone replacement therapy) may also have morning sickness symptoms.

Gaps found in young people’s sex knowledge

CNN
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
December 15, 2009 12:03 a.m. EST

(CNN) — Most sexually active unmarried young adults believe pregnancy should be planned, but about half do not use contraception regularly, according to a study published Tuesday.

The survey of 1,800 people age 18 to 29 was conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

“What is surprising is just how wide the gap is between single young adults’ intentions and behavior on this very important issue,” said Bill Albert, chief program officer at the organization.

Twenty Somethings Report 70% Unintended Pregnancy Rate

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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National Research Parallels Colorado Findings r.e.
Factors Contributing to Unintended Pregnancy

Denver (Dec. 15) — Today, the Washington, D.C.-based National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy revealed that among unmarried women in their 20s nationwide, fully seven in 10 pregnancies are unplanned. These findings reflect the reality that sexually active, unmarried young adults who do not want to be parents right now are not using birth control consistently and correctly to prevent themselves from unintended pregnancy.

Why girls are economically challenged

Girls in rural communities like Katine have very little financial independence. But attitudes are slowly beginning to change…

Annie Kelly
Monday 17 August 2009 09.00 BST
Guardian.co.uk

“If you’re a teenager in a place like Katine, the only power you have is your sexuality, it’s your only bargaining tool,” says Cathy Watson, director of the Straight Talk Foundation, a Ugandan NGO that produces magazines, newsletters and radio shows for young Ugandans about sexual health and HIV prevention.

“It’s a vicious circle because girls are using their bodies as economic commodities, which leads to many of them getting pregnant and being forced into early marriage and has big implications when it comes to sexual health, all of which negatively impact on their ability to fight their way out of their reliance on men for their survival.”

Time For New Ideas In Prevention of Teen Pregnancy

The Huffington Post
By Jane Fonda
May 6, 2009
Today, May 6th is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. It provides Americans an opportunity to engage in a national dialogue centered on educating, engaging and empowering Americans to invest in our future by investing in our youth. After more than a decade of dramatic decline in adolescent pregnancy and birth rates, the United States has unexpectedly experienced increases in 2006 and 2007.

FDA Allows Plan B Access to 17-Year-Olds

Crooks and Liars
By Susie Madrak Thursday Apr 23, 2009 7:00pm
A political victory that offers another tool to young women to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Conservatives have often improperly described the drug as causing abortions:
WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will soon be allowed to buy morning-after contraceptive pills without a doctor’s prescription after federal drug regulators complied with a [...]

FDA to allow Plan B birth control for 17-year-olds

Huffington Post
April 22, 2009
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but that women’s groups said represents sound science.
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s [...]

Why Accidents (The Pregnant Kind) Happen

National Public Radio
Morning Edition
By Brenda Wilson
 April 20, 2009 ·
The average American woman — if she wants only two children — has to spend a total of 30 years trying to avoid becoming pregnant.
Millions of women find that hard to do; more than half the pregnancies in the United States are unintended, according to the Guttmacher [...]

Bad Biology: Girls Should Not Get Pregnant

LiveScience.com
By Meredith F. Small, LiveScience’s Human Nature Columnist
posted: 13 March 2009 10:44 am ET
Many women in the United State delay marriage to jump-start their careers, but women in numerous other countries tend to follow ancient traditions and marry young, sometimes too young.
    
A recent report by Boston University School of Public Health researcher Anita Raj [...]

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