Word: parenthood
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...advisory committee found that the potential for misuse or abuse of the morning-after pill is slim. Opponents charge that easy access to the emergency contraceptive would lead to an over-reliance on the pill as a primary form of birth control. But according to a recent Planned Parenthood study, most women who had used Plan B did not mean to substitute it for more reliable contraceptives like the birth control pill. Nor is it likely that the morning-after pill will replace other contraceptives in the future, considering the high incidence of side effects like nausea and abdominal pain...
...hundreds of women in the region. In addition, the organization was forced to close a clinic in Kenya’s Mathare Valley which had offered Malaria treatment, childhood immunizations and HIV testing and counseling. It was the only health clinic serving a community of 300,000. The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana also lost its U.S. aid; as a result, 700,000 Ghanians lost access to HIV prevention services—including education, testing and counseling. Then there’s the case of condoms. When an NGO loses its funding, it also stops receiving condom donations from...
Harvard Students for Choice President Abigail L. Fee ’05 cited the use of a Holocaust survivor’s story and the comparison of Planned Parenthood to white supremacist organizations as the elements of the publication that she found personally offensive...
...give their child up for adoption, women who give birth at a young age have a higher maternal death rate and are more susceptible to obesity and hypertension as adults than those who delayed motherhood even into their 20s. For women who do have abortions, according to Planned Parenthood, “serious, long term emotional problems are rare, and less frequent than with childbirth.” And is it truly in the best interest of the child? Children of teenage parents are more likely to have health problems, to perform poorly in school, and to experience abuse...
...these are all short term. Furthermore, the goal of these centers is to convince women not to choose abortion, and a center’s “success rate” depends on the number of women they persuade, according to the Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Planned Parenthood offers similar services and lets the woman decide what is best...