by Yvonne Morris | Mar 26, 2015 | Family Planning
Should I go off the Pill? The IUD is rising in popularity and nearly one in three women is now discontinuing her use of the birth control pill. For some women, the pill has many from side effects. As more and more women consider going off oral contraception for...
by Yvonne Morris | Jan 8, 2015 | Family Planning
A federal appeals court found the North Carolina ultrasound requirement which requires doctors to perform ultrasounds on patients who seek abortions but also show and describe the images—unconstitutional on Monday. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a...
by Yvonne Morris | Dec 30, 2014 | Family Planning
The number of abortion facilities nationwide has decreased by nearly one-quarter over the last five years, with 60 facilities shuttered in 2014 alone. A total of 551 clinics remain open nationwide, the smallest figure in more than two decades, according to a survey...
by Yvonne Morris | Dec 10, 2014 | Family Planning
When it comes to contraceptives, women have many choices — pills, patches, shots, rings, etc. Men, on the other hand, don’t. Condoms and vasectomies are their only options . Researhers may be on the verge of a game-changing new option in male birth control,...
by Yvonne Morris | Dec 2, 2014 | Family Planning
Canadian abortion network shuts down suddenly. The Canadian Women’s Health Network was one of six organizations funded for 18 years mostly by the federal contributions. However, this organization was also a public advocate for legal abortion....
by Yvonne Morris | Nov 23, 2014 | Family Planning
On Thursday, lawyers presented arguments in a case involving a decision by the state of Washington to force a pharmacy to provide the Plan B emergency contraceptive even if they have moral or religious objections. The arguments came more than seven years after the...
