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Under the Table: Why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Should Not Approve the Over-the Counter Distribution of Morning After Pills

Published by Population Research Institute Research by Julie Wheeland Executive Summary In May 2004, The U.S. Food and Drug Administraion (FDA) will act on Women’s Capital Corporation/Barr Laboratories application for over-the-counter (OTC) status for so-called “emergency contraception” (EC), the morning-after pill (MAP). Opposition to OTC/MAP

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OTC/MAP Means Danger for American Girls

April 16, 2004 Volume 6 / Number 15 Dear Colleague: Over-the-counter (OTC) availability of the morning-after pill (MAP)-so called “emergency contraception” or EC- would increase rates of abortion, disease, sexual promiscuity, and sexual violence committed against American teens. OTC/MAP means danger for American girls. Steven

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Bush vs. Bangkok: Abortion as ‘Reproductive Health’

The U.N. Population Fund’s conferences are generally carefully choreographed. But the run-up to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, held in Bangkok in December, was unusually ragged. The UNFPA received its first shock even before the conference began. The Bush administration, acting on the

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From the Countries

Asian Sex Selection a Problem Sex-selective abortion continues to be a problem in many Asian countries, where sons are traditionally preferred to daughters. Two countries are trying to do something to stop unborn baby girls from being targeted for abortions based solely on their sex.

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From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in a recent issue of JOICFP News that the most recent figures on Japan’s birthrate are a “cause for concern.” Unlike

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Population Control – The Kenyan Perspective

The first birth control clinic was opened in Nairobi, the Kenyan Capital, 44 years ago. The second one opened a year later in 1956 at the Port Town of Mombasa. These two amalgamated into the Family a Planning Association of Kenya (FPAK). In 1963, FPAK

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From the Countries

Shave, haircut condom, vasectomy …? The Dominican Republic Family Planning Association (Adoplafam), in cooperation with the U.N. Population Fund, began a project in 1991 to increase men’s awareness of responsible fatherhood and sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Adoplafam trained 140 barbers to serve as resource

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From the Countries

India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high bride price for girls at marriage partially motivates poor Indian parents to prefer raising boys. The practice of female infanticide

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From the Countries

Asian Sex Selection a Problem Sex-selective abortion continues to be a problem in many Asian countries, where sons are traditionally preferred to daughters. Two countries

Read More »

From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in

Read More »

From the Countries

Shave, haircut condom, vasectomy …? The Dominican Republic Family Planning Association (Adoplafam), in cooperation with the U.N. Population Fund, began a project in 1991 to

Read More »

From the Countries

India acts to save girl babies: The Indian Parliament has acted to prevent doctors from telling parents the sex of their expected children. The high

Read More »