Increasing limits on abortion are boosting demand for contraception. But access to family planning is shrinking in many states, and access to highly effective forms of contraception is at risk.
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Fewer than one in 100 people who use IUDs and contraceptive implants become pregnant each year, making them the most effective contraceptives. But they can be difficult to access. Here’s why.
Some reasons people oppose abortion seem to be at odds with other positions they hold. Evolutionary social science points to a surprising motivation for anti-abortion attitudes.
By overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court has thrown the issue of abortion back to the states – and made it harder for Black and brown women to have access to reproductive health services.
Officials in Brazil recently asked women to avoid pregnancy, citing heightened risk to them and newborns. But births were already dropping; a new study attributes it to the trauma of Zika.
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Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
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Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Public Health Sciences, Penn State