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Abortion Archive

Archives for May 2015

Melinda Gates explains why good design is essential for improving global health
Features

“At the most basic level, human-centered design is about listening.”

By Melinda Gates
Health Care
The White House just got aggressive enforcing Obamacare’s birth control mandateThe White House just got aggressive enforcing Obamacare’s birth control mandate
Health Care

Some insurers were charging for birth control — and the Obama administration isn’t happy with it.

By Sarah Kliff
Health Care
Stock art models are likely all pregnant because they are very bad at birth controlStock art models are likely all pregnant because they are very bad at birth control
Health Care

In the stock art world, models prevent pregnancy by putting birth control pills in their underpants.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
Republicans just voted to kill one of the country’s most successful birth control programsRepublicans just voted to kill one of the country’s most successful birth control programs
Politics

Republican legislators in Colorado will not authorize funding for a program that gives free IUDs to low-income women — an effort that many believe was responsible for hugely driving down teen births.

By Sarah Kliff