Between the flap at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the squall about the Obama administration's directive that health insurance plans cover the cost of birth control, contraception is shaping up as one of the year's biggest political land mines.
"The issue of birth control, contraception, Blunt-Rubio is being debated, I believe, later this week.
In Wisconsin, this means the elimination of about $3 million worth of family planning services to Planned Parenthood clients, specifically limited to preventive healthcare, cancer screening, birth control, contraception and sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment.
Either sooner through fewer births by contraception and (non-coercive) population policy, the "humane" way – or later through more deaths by famine, disease, war, the "natural" way.
A study conducted during the conflict (2004-2005) on reproductive health of women in six conflict areas of Sri Lanka showed higher levels of marriage at an early age, pregnancy at an early age, increased home births, low contraception and increased maternal mortality rates [ 20].
(For more information about oral contraceptives, see birth control and contraception).
The topics comprised three women's cancer screening methods: Pap smears, breast self-examinations, and mammograms; and three contraceptive methods: birth control, emergency contraception, and condoms.
Other data sources used to conduct the incidence calculations include the 2008/9 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) which provided information on fertility, contraceptive prevalence, unmet need for contraception, birth wantedness and measures of access to health care [ 14].
Birth control and contraception, global warming, and animal rights are being considered as topics for next semester's series.
For instance, the terms "birth control" or "contraception" were used in conjunction with Mr. Santorum's name in 1,302 articles.
