A wall chart showing country by country information on family planning, the abortion rate, legal grounds for abortion, fertility rate, and maternal mortality rate. From the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr62e0614a1.htm?s_cid=rr62e0614a1_x
Comprises recommendations that address a select group of common , yet sometimes controversial, issues regarding initiation and use of specific contraceptive methods. Intended to serve as a source of clinical guidance for health-care providers and to be used with U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use 2010, which describes who can use various methods of contraception. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm350230.htm
Press release which announces agency approval of the application to market Plan B without prescription for women 15+. The FDA action follows an April 2013 ruling by a New York Federal District judge that the product should be available without age or point of sale restrictions. From the Food and Drug Administration
https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/Tummino%20SJ%20memo.pdf
Ruling of Federal District Court Judge Edward Korman that Plan B One-Step, the so-called Morning-after pill, should be available without prescription to women of all ages. Reverses a prior decision of the Food and Drug Administration at the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. From the U.S. Courts, Eastern District Court of New York.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41360.pdf
This report describes legislation and policies that restrict or place requirements on U.S. funding of abortion or family planning activities abroad. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr062.pdf
Presents national estimates of the proportion of sexually-experienced women aged 15-44 who have ever used various methods of contraception in the U.S. Shows results by race and Hispanic origin, education, and religious affiliation. Also shows reasons for stopping use of selected methods. From the National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db112.pdf
Reports that 11% or 5.8 million sexually-experienced women had ever used emergency contraception, up from 4.2% in 2002. This report describes trends and variation in the use of emergency contraceptive pills and reasons for use during the 2006-2010 period. From the National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6108a1.htm?s_cid=ss6108a1_w
784,507 abortions were reported to federal authorities for 2009 by 52 reporting authorities covering 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Also includes trend analysis from 45 areas that reported data consistently from 2000-2009. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention