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|  | | Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 15 Years 12/05/07
The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
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| Bishops Accept Contraceptive Law 09/28/07
Connecticut's Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday said that the state's four Catholic hospitals will comply with a law (SB 1343) that takes effect Monday and requires all hospitals in the state to dispense emergency contraception to rape survivors, the Hartford Courant reports (Keating, Hartford Courant, 9/28). |
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| Medicaid Paid Births on Rise 08/05/07
Nearly half of all births in Wisconsin were paid for by the state's Medicaid program in 2005, rising 26% since 2000. |
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| Most U.S. Adults Support Comprehensive Sex Education, About Half Oppose Abstinence-Only Education 11/09/06
Eighty-two percent of U.S. adults support sex education programs that discuss abstinence as well as methods to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and about half of adults oppose abstinence-only education, according to a study published in the November 2006 issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. |
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| FDA Approves EC For Adult Women
On August 24, after almost three years of delay, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to allow women aged 18 and older to buy Plan B emergency contraceptive pills at a pharmacy without a prescription. |
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| New Medicaid Documentation Requirements as of 07/01/06
Beginning on July 1, 2006, all new Medicaid applicants and all current Medicaid beneficiaries who have not previously proved their citizenship status must produce acceptable documentation. |
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| CCRV Coalition Releases EC in ER Survey Highlight Report
On May 31st, the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Coalition (CCRV) released the highlight results of a survey intended to examine Wisconsin hospital emergency departments’ policies for providing information about and dispensing emergency contraception (EC) to victims of rape. Key findings of this survey show that at least 42% of Wisconsin hospitals are not providing EC on-site to rape victims and demonstrate the need to support legislation such as the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Bill (SB 166/AB 305). |
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| Teen Births Cost U.S. Government $9.1B in 2004
The U.S. government in 2004 incurred at least $9.1 billion in costs related to teen births, despite significant decreases in teen pregnancy and birth rates since the early 1990s, according to a report released by the National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy. |
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| AGI Report Shows Low-Income Women Have Less Access to Contraception
"Abortion in Women's Lives," a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, documents a widening reproductive health gap between low-income women and higher-income women. From the 1980s to the mid- 1990s, women of all income groups became more likely to use contraceptives and less likely to experience unintended pregnancies. But since 1994, unplanned pregnancy rates among poor women have increased by 29%, while rates among higher-income women have decreased by 20%. A poor woman is four times as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy as a higher-income woman. |
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