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KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government is trying to curb a booming population by promoting birth control but such efforts have been met with caution from aid groups and opposition from Islamic scholars.The Ministry of Health warns Afghanistan's population of 30 million ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The Horn of Africa food crisis shows the need to provide the world's poor with better access to family planning as part of efforts to prevent future tragedies, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.The United ...

Birth control pills, breast-feeding equipment and HIV testing will be covered under US health plans at no cost to women beginning next year, but a religious exemption has some advocates fuming.The US government on Monday announced the sweeping changes that should save ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. health department on Monday issued a plan to provide women with free preventive health services, including birth control, under the nation's healthcare overhaul, but gave religious institutions the flexibility to opt out.The guidelines, which the Health and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving women free access to long-term birth control after they've had an abortion may help them avoid a second one, New Zealand researchers suggest.Of 510 women who'd been offered contraceptives free of charge at an abortion clinic, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Institute of Medicine recommended eight preventive health services, including birth control, be covered for women at no cost under the country's healthcare overhaul.The IOM report, commissioned by President Barack Obama's administration, recommended that all U.S.-approved birth control ...

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire may lose over $1 million in federal funds for family planning and women's health after the state's executive council voted to end a $1.8 million contract with six Planned Parenthood clinics in the state.The federal ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - IUDs and contraceptive skin implants are the most effective type of reversible contraceptive, and should be offered as options to most women seeking birth control, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).IUDs, or intrauterine ...

BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Implanting an intrauterine device (IUD) in the womb immediately after an abortion, instead of waiting 2 to 6 weeks, poses few risks to the woman, according to a new study.Placing the IUD immediately increases the chance -- but ...

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is reviewing results from two studies that showed there is a higher risk of blood clots in women taking birth control pills containing the compound drospirenone.The FDA said it is ...

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Topic: Birth Control

Afghanistan fights population growth with birth control

Horn of Africa shows family planning need: UN

US expands no-cost women's health services

Federal health department approves free birth control for women

IUD users have fewer repeat abortions: study

U.S. health body recommends birth control coverage

Planned Parenthood contracts rejected, NH may lose federal funds

IUDs, implants advocated for birth control

Immediate IUD use after abortion found safe

FDA to look at blood clot risk from drospirenone

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