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September 1, 2010

Virginia: McDonnell seeks abstinence-only education funds

KENYA: Camel clinics bring condoms to nomads

Help for Women Who Are Forced to Get Pregnant

Liberia: Choosing Family Over Education

Kenya: Growing at a Million People a Year

Report: Nigeria on cusp of 'demographic disaster'

 

August 31, 2010

IUD usage is on the rise in U.S.

Ghana: 'It's Your Life, It's Your Choice'

To reduce the incidence of reproductive coercion, healthcare providers need to talk about it

 

August 30, 2010

Teenage baby boom sparks call for better sex education

Beijing asks parents to register second child

Planned Parenthood Clinics Are Stripped of Affiliation After Complaints

Editorial: Dead mothers

Hazards of adolescent pregnancy

Rapid population growth is root cause of salmonella outbreak

A world too full of people

 

August 27, 2010

U.S. birth rate falls again, a possible effect of economic downturn

Liberating the pill

Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low

NIGER: Small steps towards a sustainable future

 

August 26, 2010

Czech Republic: Education Ministry rescinds sex-ed guide

 

August 25, 2010

Seeing a Time (Soon) When We’ll All Be Dieting

Shrinking Societies: The Other Population Crisis

All Consuming

To Catch Cairo Overflow, 2 Megacities Rise in Sand

 

August 24, 2010

With Birth Control Pills, New Isn't Always Better

Brazil Aims for World's "Most Perfect" Population Census

Megacities

 

August 23, 2010

India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates

Uganda: Time to Apply Brakes On Rapid Population Growth

Editorial: Overpopulated Jakarta

Population explosion: Part 2 of 2: Who will pay for senior boom?

Only 1 Denver school offers contraceptives

Editorial: Advancing sex education

School is Denver's first to offer contraceptives in fight against teen births

 

August 20, 2010

Birth Control Doesn’t Have to Mean the Pill

Population explosion Part 1 of 2: Why the last century saw huge global population growth

Good Riddance to the Population Explosion: Keys to Prevent Unsustainable Growth

 

August 19, 2010

Contraceptive pill first sold in U.S. 50 years ago today

Korea's population to decline from 2018

Indonesia: Census may indicate population boom

 

August 18, 2010

Wisconsin Makes Push on Free Birth Control

Sri Lankan government vets go on strike in protest over treatment of wild elephants

 

August 17, 2010

North Carolina: Changes made to sex ed curriculum

Protecting women and girls in China, where one child per family is the rule – and a boy the preference.

Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice

 

August 16, 2010

F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive

FDA approves ella as 5-day-after emergency contraceptive

Contraceptives added to abstinence in new courses for Arkansas students

Uganda: When childbirth becomes a deadly gamble

Artificial meat? Food for thought by 2050

 

August 13, 2010

Could Immigrants Help the US Economy by Having More Babies?

Rwanda: Pregnancy Rates Decrease at NUR

Slogans won't stop Taiwan's falling birthrate

Bangladesh court seeks report on population growth control initiatives

In India, age often doesn't stop women from seeking help to become pregnant

 

August 12, 2010

Catholic Church, contraception coverage collide

India: Family planning: AP set to go slow

Texas: Women's Health Care in Political Jeopardy ... Again

 

August 11, 2010

Wisconsin Diocese offers birth control insurance, but warns employees not to use it

Report Faults Argentina on Reproductive Policies

Attitude towards contraception in Argentina 'puts women at risk'

Report: Argentina not meeting women's health needs

 

August 10, 2010

Uzbek State Propaganda Outlets Fight Back on Charges of Forced Sterilization

Indonesia: Family planning programs not being prioritized: Official

Jordan: National Population Strategy not meeting goals - study

 

August 9, 2010

Home prices: Boom less likely in a baby bust

Jamaica: Two still better than too many - Principals advocate campaign to address overcrowded classrooms

Food inflation is a rumble that won't go away

IUD works for emergency birth control

Indonesia: First Lady asks for family planning overhaul

New Zealand: More teenage pregnancies, fewer births

 

August 6, 2010

India: Radical policy changes needed to stabilise population

 

August 5, 2010

Population sustainability and the Ponzi demography

 

August 4, 2010

NJ: GOP dissent dooms family planning override vote

Asian Giants Face the Risks of Urbanization

 

August 3, 2010

How to feed a hungry world

KENYA: Herbal Contraceptives Under the Radar

World population to hit 7 billion next year. Is it time to curb growth?

 

August 2, 2010

Human race 'will be extinct within 100 years', claims leading scientist

Another Pill That Could Cause a Revolution

Female condoms range from 'strange' to 'natural'

 

July 30, 2010

Zimbabwe: Maternal, Child Deaths - No More Lip Service

Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis

Growing World Population Stresses Governments, Environment

Water critical to India's growth

 

July 29, 2010

N.J. sprawl outpaced population in 5-year study

Global population outlook: Fewer workers to support seniors

 

July 28, 2010

Where so many children die bearing children

Immigration sees UK's population growth outstrip the rest of Europe

Iran to pay for new babies to boost population

New Jersey women's health centers react to cuts

 

July 27, 2010

Japanese women extend life expectancy to new high

Family planning push for nations

Armageddon Wars: Overpopulation Vs. Global Warming

Russia: A Harmful Tradition

 

July 26, 2010

GHANA: Ignorance on abortion law means death

Malaysia: Pushing ahead with sex education

India: Azad urges PM to discuss population control in House

 

July 23, 2010

Popularity of morning-after pills fuels concerns in India

Latin America: Prevention Is Weakest Link in AIDS Fight

Yemeni population increased fivefold in last half century

Women will be more fertile in 40s, says study

 

July 22, 2010

Vietnam: Young workforce poses challenges

Bahrain: Women Don’t Need to Accept Polygamy

 

July 21, 2010

Malaysia: Debate on Sex Education Rises with Teen Pregnancies

 

July 20, 2010

Australia: Not going forward, PM

 

July 19, 2010

Kabul faces severe water crisis

India population: Is sterilization the answer?

Bangladesh: The population bomb is ticking

 

July 16, 2010

Pharmacy board takes another run at Plan B rule

In Uzbekistan, haunting tales of mass sterilization drive to curb population growth

South Korea: Low birthrate is double-edged sword

Can Rwanda control its exploding population?


July 15, 2010

Poll shows most Texans support sex education

Many women opting for long-term birth control

Uganda: High Population That Pays No Taxes Burdens Kampala

Letters: Perspectives on global population

 

July 14, 2010

Philippines: Catholic Church asks Aquino to drop contraceptives program

Pharmacy board backs off requirement for Plan B sales

The Only Child: Debunking the Myths

Population surge outstrips efforts to eradicate slums

 

July 13, 2010

The Real Reason More Women Are Childless

India: Popping morning after pills like candy

Indian population will overtake China's by 2026

Global population is still a problem

 

July 12, 2010

Uganda:  Let Everyone Count

Feature: Family Planning Has Long Way to Go in Pakistan

BIRTH OF UNDERSTANDING

Call to integrate family planning with basic health programme

FURY OVER CONTRACEPTIVE JABS FOR GIRLS AGED JUST 13

Kenya to revive family planning programmes

 

July 6-9, 2010

Population Growth Is Still The Biggest Problem Facing Humanity

Health insurers may soon offer contraceptives at no extra cost

Vasectomy: the surgical process of male birth control

White House Ties New Pregnancy Assistance Fund To 'Common Ground' Abortion Plan

Should the Birth-Control Pill Be Sold Without a Prescription?

How China Has Pruned Its Families' Trees

PAKISTAN: More Action, Less Words, Needed to Ease Population Bulge

Is China or India aging better?

Julia Gillard urges states to plan for quality of life

Population growth and scorched public services – an explosive mix?

Making 2010 a Turning Point for Women's Health

Uganda: Will Mother Nature Survive Population Pressure?

Hans Rosling on global population growth

 

July 2, 2010

The Changing Demographics of America

GLOBAL: Enticing health workers to the outback

 

July 1, 2010

Uganda: Too Young to Know, Yet Too Young to Die

 

June 30, 2010

FDA 'Ella' Approval Faces Anti-Choice Pressure

'Childfree' is new word of reproductive choice

Indonesia: Early marriage triggers high births

Pakistan: More the better: MPA wants end to birth control to spur ‘jihad’

Condoms old news in many schools

Haiti population on the rebound

 

June 29, 2010

More women prepared to put motherhood on ice for career

Czech women are second in Europe in use of contraceptives

UGANDA: Public irritated by yet another condom shortage

Explosive Population Growth: How Will Cities Cope?

Despite earthquake, Haiti's population continues to grow

 

June 28, 2010

Gillard rejects 'big Australia'

New Australia PM rejects population growth plan

Julia Gillard talks about curbing population growth

Pakistan: Population growth to reduce water availability in future

Ghana: Family Planning Devices Run Short In U/E Region

 

June 25, 2010

Number of childless American women in their 40s has risen sharply since 1970s

UK population nears 62 million

Teenagers need to know more

N.J. Democrats set stage for battle with Gov. Christie about family planning funds in budget

Schools to change abstinence-only sex ed policy

Rethinking District Plan on Condoms in Schools

Massachusetts school district under fire over condom policy

 

June 24, 2010

China: Family policy may be changed

NJ Dems push to restore family planning money

Indonesia: Traditional puppeteers to be used in family planning campaigns

 

June 23, 2010

The Breeders' Cup

Maurice Strong on climate 'conspiracy', Bilberberg and population control

Spain's cash-for-kids plan fails to boost birth rate

 

June 22, 2010

Uganda:  What Do Women Stand to Gain?

Singapore continues to face population challenges

Philippines: Education officials sued over sex education order

Philippines: Anti-family planning group sues govt to stop sex education

Let the Pill Go Free

 

June 21, 2010

PHILIPPINES: Sex education plan sparks furious debate

Philippines: New family planning drive targets 1.3% growth rate

Canada: Larger population would pose serious problems

China's one and only

Sterilisation on rise as India seeks escape from poverty

FDA Advisers Back Approval Of Longer-Acting Pill

Pakistan: Draft of national population policy finalised

5-day 'morning after' pill gets FDA advisers' approval

 

June 18, 2010

UN backs Philippines amid row with church on sex education

 

June 17, 2010

Military shifts on reproductive health

Panel Recommends Approval of After-Sex Pill to Prevent Pregnancy

FDA panel backs new emergency contraceptive

 

June 16, 2010

China: Patter of tiny feet not welcome until income secured

Slowdown sees contraceptives on FMCG hit list with 30% growth

Kenya makes progress in reproductive health in East Africa

 

June 15, 2010

Food Prices Forecast to Rise This Decade on Population, Diets

Report: Women could boost Japanese workforce if concessions are made

‘Voting with our gonads’

Philippines: Aquino may give hope to reproductive health bill

Philippines: Sex education now a reality

 

June 14, 2010

Uganda: Condom Shortage Worries Health Experts

Family planning: Private sector, public good?

Marital rape in Africa: The right to say no

New 'Morning After' Pill Works Five Days Later, Too

How India's six-child family became three

 

June 11, 2010

PHILIPPINES: Poor women pay for contraception

Empower the women and save the planet

California finds the way to reduce teen pregnancy

 

June 10, 2010

Keeping the Pressure on to Invest in Women's Health

We need to change strategy to achieve family planning

Rwanda: More men opt for vasectomy

Canada: Teen pregnancy rates dropping

Prince of Wales calls for population control in developing world

Mankind must reconnect with nature and restore balance to the world, says Charles

 

June 9, 2010

Britain will struggle to handle 'catastrophic' population growth unless changes are made

S.Korea seeks to cut work hours, boost birth rate

 

June 8, 2010

Hispanics in the US: A new generation

What if contraception were always covered?

Gates Effort to Focus on Mother and Child

At Large: What happens to women?

Gates to spend $1.5 billion on women's health

FDA panel to mull 'morning-after pill' effective 5 days after sex

UK: 8,600 teens using free contraceptives in city as youngster pregnancy rate falls

 

June 7, 2010

Proven Sex-Ed Programs Get A Boost From Obama

Government and contraception

FEATURE : Why Population Matters – Now More than Ever

My bright idea: Learn to want less

 

June 4, 2010

U.S. teens less worried about pregnancy

 

June 3, 2010

Overpopulation fears nonsense, says author Fred Pearce

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

Teen sex: More use rhythm method for birth control

State aims to improve women's reproductive health before pregnancy

Syria grapples with surging population

EDITORIAL: The population predicament

 

June 2, 2010

Population Radio Show

Filipinos pay the price for high population

Philippines tests sex education in public schools

Brookings: five waves of change will reshape US cities in the 2010s

Poland: Teenage Pregnancies Soar as Church Looks the Other Way

Young Kenyan women top contraception users

China pins food-security hopes on humble potato

 

June 1, 2010

MADAGASCAR: "May you have seven sons and seven daughters"

Free birth control under health care?

Chinese hiding three million babies a year

 

May 28, 2010

Cambodia: High population growth rates discourage education, foster poverty

Vancouver: Growing metropolis needs unified vision

Irish women the most fertile in Europe as births hit 25-year high

Editorial: The Pill at 50

 

May 27, 2010

'The pill' most popular birth control worldwide 

Study Finds Condom Use Is Increasing

U.S. women still prefer the pill, sterilization for contraception

Canadian teen pregnancy rate dropping faster that U.S., Sweden, England

S. Korea faces fast population aging amid falling birth rate: OECD

CALIFORNIA LEADS THE NATION WITH DROP IN TEENAGE PREGNANCIES

When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident

In India, Banking on the 'Morning After' Pill

 

May 26, 2010

Bomb Scare: The world has a lot of problems. An exploding population isn't one of them.

UK: Recession blamed as birth rate falls for first time since 2001

 

May 25, 2010

UK: Teenagers 'should stockpile morning after pill'

UK offers Uganda 45 million condoms to check abortions

Morning-after pill 'should be offered in advance'

FUTURE SUMMIT: Population – more than a number

Ottawa ignored its own advice on abortion, documents show

As longevity grows, the world might become a better place

 

May 21, 2010

Is Consensus Possible on Birth Control?

Evangelical group: We'll partner to reduce number of abortions

D.C. to begin using more-expensive Trojan condoms in HIV prevention program

Event examines population's effect on climate change

 

May 20, 2010

Poverty and the Pill

Sex and risk among people in their 20s

 

May 18, 2010

UN fears 'irreversible' damage to natural environment

Philippines: Thanks to The Pill

Abstinence-only is only a failure

 

May 17, 2010

Ireland: Department pledges to improve sex education in schools

Jamaica: Just one year apart...

 

May 15, 2010

Uganda: Family planning can slow our population growth

 

May 14, 2010

Planned Parenthood gets silent treatment from Ottawa

Laura Bush Opens Up About Disagreements with Husband on Gay Marriage, Abortion

Why Is Population Control Such a Radioactive Topic?

 

May 13, 2010

Q. and A.: The Population Guru

More Condoms, Contraceptives, Midwives, and Educated Girls Could Prevent Most Maternal Deaths

Birth of the freedom pill

Kenyans urged to adopt family planning

Condom comment upsets lawmaker

 

May 12, 2010

Success Of 'the Pill' Overshadowed By Family Planning Gaps 

Birth control pill marks 50 years

World Bank boosts focus on reproductive health

Fathers, please step up

 

May 11, 2010

Pakistan: Population growth out of control

New Spending for a Wider Range of Sex Education

Oral contraceptives have had broad impact but some seek alternatives to the pill

Birth Control Pill Turns 50: 7 Ways It Changed Lives

Nigeria: 50 Years of the Pill - Appeal for Success

Light Candles and Make Wish: Pill Hits 50th B-Day

 

May 10, 2010

The pill is 50, but India still undecided

The pill — a modern philosopher's stone

Senegal beats the odds on maternal and infant deaths

Pull down the barriers to maternal health care access

 

May 7, 2010

Uganda: Cardinal Wamala slams family planning

The pill: 50 years of birth control changed women's lives

America's favorite birth control method turns 50

As pill turns 50, family planning too costly for many

 

May 6, 2010

Fifty years on, 200 million more women need the pill

Pill at 50 still gets hot flashes of debate

Despite Catholic teachings, women religiously take the pill

Fifty years of the Pill: How it freed women from the fear of unwanted pregnancy, but also brought dangers

India: Azad rules out law to control population growth


May 5, 2010

Who should teach sex-ed?

'The Pill' Changed The Sexual Landscape

Pill: Women's long search for sure contraception

 

May 4, 2010

It Started More Than One Revolution

'The pill': 50 years after

 

May 3, 2010

Bill would require sex-ed classes in public schools

5 Myths about immigration

 

April 30, 2010

Louisiana: Bill would require schools to teach sex education

Back to the drawing board on sexual education

Birth Control Foe Vows to Swing Three Million Philippine Votes

PAKISTAN: Lack of Access to Contraception, Abortion Persist

 

April 29, 2010

Filipinos defy Roman Catholic church and back birth control 

Bill Introduced to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health in Developing Nations

We don't go in for that sort of thing

Iranians told to have more kids

 

April 28, 2010

Lawmakers question N.J. health chief on Christie's family planning funds cut, hospital bed tax hike

As rest of Japan shrinks, Tokyo population tops 13 million for the first time

 

April 27, 2010

Population surge prompts new political party

Urban development key to Uganda’s economic growth

Nations export people. Here's why they shouldn't.

Ontario backtracking on sex ed program puts children at risk

Uganda: First lady lauds family planning project

Health law, economy shape family planning

Experts call for hike in global water price

Fred Pearce on The Daily Show

 

April 26, 2010

The Pill at 50: Sex, Freedom and Paradox

Promises the Pill Could Never Keep

Ontario's sex-ed battlefield: Saving lives or encouraging early sex?

Experts: Chicago's sex IQ low, STI rates high

Countries with Overpopulation, and Some Losing Population

 

April 23, 2010

India: The pressure to have children

Group says abortion law needs to be updated

Global Monitoring Report 2010: What about Population Growth?

Laurie Mazur: Population growth

Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China

Population growth demands improved farm efficiency

 

April 22, 2010: Earth Day!

Hopes and troubles collide in Africa's mega-city

Population growth & drought behind Yemen's water crisis

The moral challenge: A Pakistani woman’s fertility

 

April 21, 2010

Mother Jones Magazine Special on Population

 

April 20, 2010

A Tale of Many Cities

"The Coming Population Crash": The overpopulation myth

The Birth-Control Riddle

 

April 19, 2010

Japan: Population shrank by record 183,000 in '09

Mexico rejects church criticism of sex education

 

April 16, 2010

China city targets 10,000 in sterilisation drive: report

Indonesia faces ‘serious’ population problem

 

April 15, 2010

China: Thirty Years On, Debate Emerges Over One-child Policy

Uganda:  No Contraceptives for Bududa IDPs

 

April 14, 2010

Yemeni Bride, 11, Hospitalized with Genital Injuries

MPs targeted in drive to curb massive population growth

Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe

Around world, fewer women die in childbirth

Strides Made in Reducing Maternal Mortality Worldwide

Millions of women, infant deaths easily avoidable: study

Fewer women dying in childbirth

Neb. governor signs landmark abortion bills

Nebraska Law Sets Limits on Abortion

 

April 13, 2010

Teenagers to teach sex education

Virginia pharmacy had plenty of moral convictions, few clients

Uganda: Family planning efforts to be intensified

Majority oppose population growth: survey

Women don't want a bigger population

 

April 12, 2010

DA's sex ed warning befuddles Wis. teachers, kids

Let’s revive family planning campaign

N.J. lawmakers questioning family planning cuts

Taiwan's shrinking population: The 1.5-million-baby challenge

Drop In Overall Birth Rates, Teen Pregnancies Linked To Recession

Huge Australian population growth could have grave health consequences

 

April 9, 2010

Yemeni child bride dies of internal bleeding

Yemeni Bride, 13, Dies of Genital Injuries

Koalas' would-be saviour wryly applauds population debate

 

April 8, 2010

Growing number of Australians could shape 2010 election

AFGHANISTAN: Family-related determinants of poverty

Catholic group urges Harper to include abortion, contraception in G8 policy

Teen Birthrate Declines: Good News Nationally, Still Bad News Globally

Democrats call for cheap condoms

 

April 7, 2010

16 Years after the Genocide, Rwanda Continues Forward

Population can't be capped: minister

Making sense of population push

Birth rate among US teens declines

U.S. births fell in '08, but birth rates for women in 40s rose

Wis. prosecutor: Sex ed rules could mean charges

 

April 6, 2010

We need birth control, not geoengineering

Data: U.S. teen birth rate on decline

 

April 5, 2010

The birth dearth

Rudd flips on 'big Australia'

Heat on Burke to slash migrant intake

How to defuse population bomb

Fed govt to draw up population strategy

Blacks and abortion

Pregnancy crisis centers may have to post disclaimers

Cannon backs maternal health initiative

Out of the Demographic Trap: Hope for Feeding the World

 

April 2, 2010

A needed rebuke

Abortion ban will be on 2011 ballot in Miss.

SENEGAL: Killing babies to hide indiscretion

Former Archbishop of Birmingham says arguments in favour of condoms in poor countries "attractive"

Wasting millions more on abstinence-only

Restore N.J.'s family planning budget

 

April 1, 2010

To Save Endangered Species, Wear a Condom

IMF Youth Dialog: Addressing Mideast Unemployment

Population explosion: Africa is sitting on a time bomb

Is Africa underpopulated?

Pakistan: Cost of life of a woman

$250 million for abstinence education not evidence-based, groups say

 

March 31, 2010

U.S. seems at odds with Harper on abortion, contraception

CO2 Releases Wary Talk of Population, Gender

Population Growth Hurt Water Supply, Quality in Asia-Pacific Region

 

March 30, 2010

Beyond climate change: Reframing the dialogue over environmental issues

Australia's housing boom driven in part by population growth

If we want more people we have to plan better

 

March 29, 2010

Let's get real on population

Middle East and North Africa - 17% of population under poverty

Family planning can reduce maternal deaths by 70%

Maternal health includes contraception

Health bill restores $250 million in abstinence-education funds

Majority of Chinese people want two children

Does contraception actually increase teen pregnancy?

County's population growth anything but 'slight'

Is Chinese Economic Demand Killing Africa's Gorillas?

The lonely planet: New eco-threat: falling population

 

March 26, 2010

Australian population growth double the world average

Canada: Government pressed on family planning

Report: Contraception saves lives, money

 

March 25, 2010

Curb population growth to fight climate change? Jane Goodall says yes

Victoria's population boom could be recipe for disaster says Labor MP

Uganda: Address Contraceptive Shortage Urgently

Report says Ukraine lags in sex education

Family planning folly

Contraceptive failure?

Big food push urged to avoid global hunger

 

March 24, 2010

Tories defeat motion on family planning

Family planning vote backfires

Liberals defeat own family planning motion

Yemen: Reproductive health guide for mosque preachers

Controversy heightens over Yemen child marriage ban

Rwanda: Country's Family Planning Efforts Commendable

 

March 23, 2010

UN report: World's biggest cities merging into 'mega-regions'

EGYPT: TOWARDS 'YES' TO ABORTION DUE TO POVERTY

Uganda: Family Planning- Uganda Runs Out of Contraceptives

Egypt: Azhar scholars reject Egypt abortion draft law

Top Yemeni clerics oppose ban on child brides

ZAMBIA:  School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success

Forced Sterilization Scare Feeds On Uzbek Distrust

India: New twist to family planning programme

Colombian peasants wooed with land to adopt family planning

Australia: Sunshine Coasters set to march at forum

Australia: Queenslander's view are split down the middle on growth

 

March 22, 2010

World's slums grow despite rapid economy growth

Romania’s population dwindles by 6,382 people in January

Population growth worries Australians

Point Person: Our Q&A with Joel Kotkin

Australia: Queensland growth views contradictory

US Worker Shortage Coming As Population Ages: Report

Growing population 'threatens biodiversity'

 

March 19, 2010

Navigating Child Policy in China

China's one-child policy little enforced and set to end

Success of secret two-child policy could force Chinese rethink on family planning

Canada's Foreign Aid Plan Will Not Include Birth Control

Canada: Conservatives put birth control back on the table

Family planning saves lives

Contraception 'option' in maternal health plan

Ottawa changes course in wake of birth-control backlash

Harper approves 'condoms for Africa' but shelves abortion debate

Family planning flip-flop might torpedo G8 session in June

Picture Prehistoric Life in the Desert

Tanzania: How Population Growth Hinders Progress

Condoms: Lie back and think of England

Japan's low birth rate poses demographic dilemma

 

March 18, 2010

Access, Access, Access 

Contraception and mothers' lives

SKorean women caught in abortion limbo

Birth control must be part of PM's G8 initiative on maternal health

Family planning a big loser in N.J. budget

 

March 17, 2010

UK: Condom TV ads get prime-time all-clear

Canada: Harper's G-8 agenda won't include family planning

Birth control won't be in G8 plan to protect mothers, Tories say

Australia: Population debate takes a green twist

 

March 16, 2010

Despite Improvements, Lack of Access to Toilets Still Presents Health Risks

Philippines: Rebel with a cause

Indonesia: Urban poor ‘lack access’ to family planning

 

March 15, 2010

Pakistan: Population policy: will it work?

Australia: Population growth threatens 'lucky country'

Opinion: What America Will Look Like in 2050

World population surge imperils environment

KENYA: Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development

Australian cities must transform for population growth

 

March 12, 2010

EGYPT: Population Growth Overtakes Literacy Rise

Delegates debate easing of China's one-child law

PHILIPPINES: Reproductive Health Tests Candidates’ Political Guts

Tennessee: Local abstinence-centered Just Wait program to lose federal funding

Vatican's outrage over school's condom machines

 

March 11, 2010

Economic Downturn Hurts Birth Control Efforts

Pakistan: Reproductive health services to be extended to rural areas

Kid-Sized Condoms: Company Markets Contraceptive for 14-Year-Olds

Malaysia: Better families, not more babies, say groups

Indonesia: City Sees Balanced Population Growth

Getting ready for diversity

The overpopulation myth

 

March 10, 2010

MYANMAR: Abortion a leading cause of maternal death

 

March 9, 2010

The war on baby girls 

African poverty falling "faster than we thought"

Why experts say we are too many people in this country

Common stand on Uganda's population policy still a far cry

Aussie growing pains

TANZANIA: POPULATION GROWTH POSES CHALLENGE TO EDUCATIONAL SECTOR

Philippine health chief, church fight over condoms

Australia: Populate or stagnate

 

March 4, 2010

Sitting in traffic to cost city $6bn by 2020

Move over, make room for millions more

Ponzi Demography

Divorced Before Puberty

Editorial: It worked – teen births are falling

 

March 3, 2010

Uzbekistan orders forced sterilizations

Wisconsin: State law likely won't change sex ed courses

Mullahs promote birth control in Afghanistan

Family Planning: Contraceptive Supplies Shortages

 

March 2, 2010

Antiabortion activists see a racial conspiracy

Forum told more sex ed needed

PAKISTAN: Emergency Contraception More Popular, But Myths Abound

U.S. Births Rise In All Age Groups

 

March 1, 2010

San Diego: Population growth estimate presents challenge

'The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050'

Congestion the ultimate cost of people ingestion

Niger: Once-taboo topic of hunger spoken again

Philippines: Population rate not falling fast enough

PHILIPPINES: Contraception controversy central to elections

TANZANIA: Merging family planning and HIV services

Sex ed reform seeks to cut teen pregnancy

 

February 26, 2010

Britain's green spaces under threat from water shortages and house prices

Parma High School teens make a request for real sex education

New Wisconsin law requires sex education to cover birth control, STDs

Climate change report sets out an apocalyptic vision of Britain

 

February 25, 2010

School officials: Sex ed bill likely won't bring changes

Labour falls woefully short of ten-year target to halve teenage pregnancies

Lawmakers' silence kills sex ed bill

Teenage pregnancies fall — but ministers fail to meet target

ITALIAN TV MAY ADOPT 'POSITIVE SEX' GUIDE

‘We are doing well and are on target to reduce Bradford rate further’

Spanish Senate approves new abortion law

Time to change the menu

Economic growth doesn't depend on more people

Disaster Awaits Cities in Earthquake Zones

 

February 24, 2010

Sex ed credited for dip in state's teen birth rate

S.D. House kills contraceptive coverage bill

Utah senator says he's dropping sex education bill

Hanna says: 'Animals being crowded out'

 

February 23, 2010

Under the world's greatest cities, deadly plates

New figures show teen births hit a record low in California

Mississippi bill offers more on family planning

New version of sex education bill to get hearing

Restoring family planning services can save taxpayers millions

EAST AFRICA:  Improving Local Access to Family Planning

China's soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser claims

 

February 22, 2010

KENYA: Experts voice food security concerns

If Norway can prosper with a stable population, why can’t Australia?

Nigeria: Challenges of Lagos As a Mega-City

A billion Africans and growing

Can Condoms Help Save Polar Bears?

Canadian Development Agency won't change plans on improving child, women's health despite Liberal pleas

 

February 19, 2010

Pakistan: Efforts urged to check population growth

How many is too many? Australia's people problem

Editorial: Less is more

Avoiding the heart of our troubles

POLITICS-PHILIPPINES:  Rice and Condom on the Election Agenda

Mississippi: Sex education bill prompts debate

 

February 18, 2010

Indonesia: 23,500 Family Planning Clinics to Reduce Population Growth

Indonesia: Agency sets upbeat target for population

TV as birth control? Dramas can be educational

Injecting equality into contraception duties

Yemen's water crisis eclipses al Qaeda threat

 

February 17, 2010

Now is the time to fix the inequalities in Haiti

Overpopulation and Climate Change

East Timor Confronts Religious, Cultural Stigmas in Controlling Rising Birth Rate

Respect for Women in Uniform

India's birth rate to stabilise in next 4 decades

Indonesia: Polygamy, unregistered marriage hamper family planning

 

February 16, 2010

Climate change: calling planet birth

Study offers nuanced view of abstinence education

Wisconsin: Bill would require birth control education

Schools can and should do more to prevent teen pregnancies

 

February 15, 2010

Free condoms with Filipino Valentine's flowers

Philippines defends Valentine condoms

Family planning for contraception week

India: BBMP hospitals run out of oral contraceptives

On trial, a Pill for men

New ‘morning after’ pill stops pregnancy for up to a week

 

February 12, 2010

Abstinence-only study shouldn't sidetrack broader sex education

Thailand: New website gives advice on sex

Ghana: Low family planning practices: cause of poverty

South Africa: Population management is the only way forward

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

 

February 11, 2010

Editorial: A pass for morning-after pills

Abstinence should be first -- but not only -- sex education option

Ethiopian President seeks expansion of reproductive healthcare

Canada: Don't ignore reproductive rights

Bangladesh: Climate change and women

 

February 10, 2010

Urbanisation is Driving the East African Solid Waste Management Market

EDITORIAL: Abstinence study can't change reality

West Virginia: Groups push for coverage of birth control for teens

TV drama more effective in persuading women to use birth control

 

February 9, 2010

Is it really possible to save our biodiversity?

City Dwellers Drive Deforestation in 21st Century

Abstinence Education Done Right

Age no contraceptive, women warned

 

February 8, 2010

Australia: New party wants population debate

Message in a condom: Man's overpopulation is a danger to animals

Postcard From Yemen

Jordan: Princess Basma highlights progress in reproductive health

EDITORIAL: Sex ed that works fine tuning abstinence message

 

February 5, 2010

Pentagon to stock health facilities with morning-after pill

Europe is not heading for a population collapse

China: Time for families to have two children each

 

February 4, 2010

Iowa: Birth-control study shows benefits of state support

Nepal: Population control: Govt to reduce growth by 2017

Is There Enough Food Out There For Nine Billion People?

 

February 3, 2010

Crowd Gazing

Australia: Issue is profligacy not population

Teaching teens to say “no” to sex

Study: Abstinence program most effective at delaying sex among youths

Mississippi eyes 'abstinence plus' sex education option to reduce teen pregnancy

 

February 2, 2010

Are more couples going childless by choice?

Abstinence-only programs might work, study says

Abstinence-only programs – minus religion – can delay teen sex

Success seen in experimental abstinence program

A Look At U.S. Policy On Family Planning Abroad

Australia: Postpone population growth, says Abbott

Population Growth: the Challenge Australia Cannot Ignore

64 pct Australian population rise expected by 2050

UK: MP urges huge immigration cut to limit population growth

Russia’s latest population growth in danger of long-term decline

Guatemalans, in Brooklyn for Work, Keep Bonds of Home

White House Proposes 9% Increase in Global-Health Funding

Editorial: A Verdict Against Vigilantism

Utah: Sex ed, birth control and STD

 

February 1, 2010

Organization: The Center for Biological Diversity

World's leaders need plan to confront crises

Malaysia: Poor me, poor you, poor them

GUATEMALA: Population Growth Impacts Migration

Australia: Wayne Swan down on growth for its own sake

Australia: Populate and we will perish

Nine billion people by 2050?

The population crash

Family planning in Bangladesh

Our ageing population

White House Aims to Broaden Approach to Global Health

Obama budget aims at solidifying women's support

 

January 29, 2010

New morning after pill 'can work for up to five days'

Utahns split over teaching students about birth control

Wisconsin state Senate approves sex-education bill

 

January 28, 2010

Pregnant and Vulnerable: Meeting the Needs of Women in Haiti

Coerced Reproduction

Why Teen Pregnancies Are on the Rise

US teen pregnancy rise blamed on abstinence programs

Teen pregnancy and abortion

Washington: Pregnancy center bill draws bipartisan crowd

Maryland: Montgomery panel OKs new rules for pregnancy centers

Ireland’s changing views on sex

TIMOR-LESTE: Addressing the baby boom

 

January 27, 2010

Hard labor for Haiti's mothers

After Long Decline, Teenage Pregnancy Rate Rises

Decade of Decline in U.S. Teen Pregnancies Ends

 

January 26, 2010

Rise in teenage pregnancy rate spurs new debate on arresting it

Teen pregnancy, abortion rates rise

Reproductive coercion is a factor in unintended pregnancies

Sabotaging birth control - sinister new face of sexual violence

Swearing Off Sex: Can Bristol Palin Stick by Abstinence Pledge?

Our Vanishing Ultimate Resource

DELIVERING INTO CHAOS: UNFPA RUSHES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES TO HAITI

Nigeria, Eight Others Benefit From Global Health Initiative

WETZSTEIN: Dire results of 1-child rule

 

January 25, 2010

One child is what women want

India: Plan family and get honoured with awards

Egypt: A bitter pill to swallow

 

January 22, 2010

Utah: Teens rally at Capitol to support sex-ed bill

Children from 13 to be offered free condoms in Coventry

 

January 21, 2010

Is Haiti Overpopulated?

Florida: Teenage pregnancy expert bemoans lack of contraception education

Utah: Planning families

 

January 20, 2010

In Germany, a Tradition Falls, and Women Rise

Immigration 'will fuel greenhouse gas growth'

Russia proposes new measures to boost birthrate

Nigeria: Tackling Taboo Topic of Reproductive Health Among Youths

Editorial: Sex education and abstinence go hand in hand

Russian right-winger suggests polygamy to boost population

 

January 19, 2010

How to tackle immigration

CHINA'S STOLEN BRIDES

A simple family size solution

Utah: Medicaid to pay for birth control?

 

January 15, 2010

Egypt: Population boom

Japan: Population decline worsening

 

January 14, 2010

Study warns aborting girl fetuses will leave China with 24 million more men than women by 2020

Taiwan: Better way needed for declining birth rates

 

January 12, 2010

China: One-child policy condemns 24m bachelors to life without a wife

Vietnam: Reproductive health heads to coast

Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045, UN Says

 

January 11, 2010

Remarks on the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development

 

January 7, 2010

Development in the 21st Century

South Korea: More Large Families to Receive State Subsidies

Philippines: Population and sense

 

January 6, 2010

Staying power: Older moms aim to live longer

Israel's population at 2010 is 7.5m

Cuba’s population grows for first time in four years

 

January 5, 2010

Virginia: Kaine's budget hits homeless, teen pregnancy prevention

Population control: An ugly solution to climate change

 

January 4, 2010

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh population: dividend of danger?

As use of morning-after pills rises in India, health workers voice concerns

Japanese singles wish for marriage in New Year, government wishes for more babies

 

December 24, 2009 - January 2, 2010

Sex Matters

Abstinence proponents look for aid from new health bill

Change beckons for billionth African

Making it pay to have children

Coalition pushes for population debate

Putin trumpets first Russia population growth since 1995

The "P" Word and Climate Change

 

December 23, 2009

Population Growth and Global Warming

Kenya: There is a strong case for curbing population growth

Bangladesh to introduce family planning policy

Sex education for 20-somethings

 

December 22, 2009

JAPAN: Careers On Hold For Most Women

SOUTH KOREA: Low Birth Rate Blamed on Women

 

December 21, 2009

EDITORIAL People and climate change

Climate change and women

Editorial: End to the Abstinence-Only Fantasy

Population control as a solution to global warming

WETZSTEIN: Youth take risks with birth control

Planetary birth control gone mad

 

December 18, 2009

Population and Climate Change: Complex Connections

 

December 17, 2009

UK Group: Limiting Population Growth Can Solve Climate Change Problem

Population growth, fossil fuels burdening Earth

The Welcome End of Abstinence-Only Sex Education

 

December 16, 2009

The Missing ‘P’ Word in Climate Talks

Japan seeks baby boom to defuse population timebomb

In 2025, India to Pass China in Population, U.S. Estimates

 

December 15, 2009

Can Condoms Fix Climate Change?

Family Planning: The Link to Achieving All Eight MDGs

Africa's population boom traps children in poverty

Pressured to marry, African girl fights for her education

Gaps found in young people's sex knowledge

 

December 14, 2009

US: The population bomb is still ticking

Bush birth control policies helped fuel Africa's baby boom

Rwanda: Population Growth Raises Concerns

London, UK: Teenagers to get pill without prescription

In aging China, a change of course

 

December 11, 2009

Population: In the family way

Copenhagen climate conference: Who will dare mention population growth?

AFGHANISTAN: The tribulations of child-bearing children

Nigeria: Family Planning - Experts Proffer Solutions to Reduce Maternal Deaths

Who's afraid of billions of people?

 

December 10, 2009

People growth counts

Attenborough on climate change

 

December 9, 2009

Jordan must take action to seize demographic opportunity

Global rise in infectious diseases due to population growth, urbanisation

 

December 8, 2009

Copenhagen climate summit issues: population growth

The inconvenient truth? Overpopulation

 

December 7, 2009

So what will the UN's talking heads have to say to Baby B?

 

December 4, 2009

The High Costs of Copenhagen: What Obama's pledge to reduce emissions by 83% would mean in practice

Rwanda:  Population Control Now Part of Schools' Curricula

UN report Links Reproductive Rights and Education with Climate Change

 

December 2, 2009

Utah's latest baby boom dwindles

In Siberia, An Effort To Fight Population Shrinkage

Giving women a choice key to family planning

 

December 1, 2009

China: Experts urge to adjust family norms

 

November 30, 2009

Once taboo, population enters climate debate

GUATEMALA: Sex Education, Family Planning Finally Available

 

November 25, 2009

Climate change: Are women the solution?

 

November 24, 2009

Tanzania: Support is stigmatised and scarce

The ultimate crop rotation

AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

 

November 16-22, 2009

Uganda: Out of the Wild

Merits of abstinence education debated

What's missing in sex education

Bundles of joy becoming bitter pills

Crisis pregnancy centers operate on moral precepts, not science

Sex-ed goes thumbs-first with text services

Catholic employers balk at mandate to cover prescription contraceptives

CUBA: Fewer Storks Visiting Shiny Maternity Clinics

Poor women 'bear climate burden'

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

Manila warned on population

Women 'bearing brunt' of climate change

Nevada: Personhood amendment would ban pill RU-486

Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth

Finding a way to cut numbers

 

November 14, 2009

Broaching Birth Control With Afghan Mullahs

 

November 13, 2009

Demography in the Balkans: A birth dearth

 

November 12, 2009

Uganda to host family planning conference

Clinton: Family planning a 'positive' choice for society

 

November 10, 2009

Uganda: Bishop attacks govt on population policy

Bangladesh: UN wants more funding for family planning programmes

Texas sex educators take tentative steps beyond abstinence

Without family planning . . .

 

November 9, 2009

Seeking the best in sex education

Australia: Row over sex education

 

November 6, 2009

Massachusetts: Revere keeps school contraception policy

Study: Options are key in sex education curriculum

England: Children under 15 can be withdrawn from sex education

England: Parents lose right over sex education

Australia: Experts warn: populate and perish

 

November 5, 2009

Kenya fertility rate drops

 

November 4, 2009

Iran's clash of cultures: The old guard meets the cellphone crowd

Wisconsin: Republicans block vote on birth control education

Does the 'billionth African' mean boon or burden?

 

November 3, 2009

Uganda:  Family Planning Vital in Reducing Maternal Deaths

CHILE:  Teen Pregnancy, a Problem That Won’t Go Away

Bangladesh: Growing Out of Control

Water and population, 2

Population and water, 1

 

November 2, 2009

Peru's Nazca culture was brought down with its trees

Kenya: Population: We must go back to the basics

Think only 'their' teens get pregnant?

 

November 1, 2009

Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen

 

October 30, 2009

Demography, growth and the environment: Falling fertility

Low fertility: The rich are different

Fertility and living standards: Go forth and multiply a lot less

Ethiopia:  The Dilemma of Population Growth

Philippines: A look back at natural family planning

 

October 29, 2009

GUINEA-BISSAU: Planning families, saving lives

Climate change will devastate Africa, top UK scientist warns

Huge unmet need for contraceptives in Uganda

The Population Effect

 

October 28, 2009

The Future of Abstinence

Climate change is a feminist issue

 

October 25, 2009

Birth Control Bill Has Enemies in Philippines

 

October 23, 2009

Australia: Population growth 'our biggest challenge'

More young people in Shanghai hesitate to have children

 

October 22, 2009

Utah: Lawmakers consider sex-ed changes

Zimbabwe: Commission Needs U.S$20 Billion for Population Projects

 

October 21, 2009

Experts Worry as Population and Hunger Grow

Thought Experiments on Birth and Death

 

October 20, 2009

Birth control seen as 'green'

Nigeria:  PPFN Advocates Population Management For Efficient Health Delivery

Japan: Abortion still key birth control

DEVELOPMENT:  Is It Time to Plan Another U.N. Population Meet?

 

October 19, 2009

Population growth can't be ignored

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Another sign of difficult economic times: People are putting off having babies

 

October 16, 2009

Korea: 'More Incentives Needed for 2nd Child'

 

October 15, 2009

UN: Record 1 billion go hungry

STDs, pregnancy: Kids need clinical, scientific support

Uganda: When lingua, culture stand in family planning's way

 

October 14, 2009

Report: Abortions decline worldwide

 

October 13, 2009

Food production 'must rise 70%'

U.N.: Agriculture Investing Must Increase

UN - ‘All People Benefit’ When Maternal Health Care Is Improved

 

October 9, 2009

Indonesia Family Planning Hampered by Lack of Money, Authority

Teenage pregnancies: Growing pains

Baby Bundle: Japan's Cash Incentive for Parenthood

 

October 8, 2009

Family planning program fades, Indonesia faces population explosion

Hold Steady

 

October 7, 2009

New Jersey: Corzine asks for expanded family planning funds

 

October 6, 2009

Fighting the 'contraceptive mentality'

 

October 5, 2009

To Protect Galápagos, Ecuador Limits a Two-Legged Species

 

October 2, 2009

Australia's population reaches 22 million

 

October 1, 2009

Ghana: Media urged to support advocacy on family planning

 

September 30, 2009

Panel votes to restore abstinence education money

 

September 29, 2009

Ohio: Fedor to introduce bill that includes birth control, sex ed

China's population policy draws wide praise

 

September 28, 2009

The population delusion

Ballot question ratchets up debate over birth control

Texas schools abandon abstinence-only

 

September 24, 2009

How Much Human Activity Can Earth Handle?

Bangladesh: Shortage of contraceptives worry Dhaka

CNN video: Population and the Enviroment

 

September 23, 2009

For Some Women, Recession Means Having Fewer Children

The impact of population growth on tomorrow's world

 

September 22, 2009

Fewer feet, smaller footprint

Population growth driving climate change, poverty

Is population growth a Ponzi scheme?

 

September 21, 2009

Chinese babies stolen by officials for foreign adoption

Call for more babies as China turns to grey

 

September 18, 2009

Australia Population to Now Hit 35 Million by 2049

Contraception vital in climate change fight

Sexual and reproductive health and climate change

POPULATION:  Where’s Family Planning on Climate Change Radar?

CNN video: Population vs. Environment

Saving gorillas by bringing healthcare to local people in Uganda

 

September 17, 2009

Yemen: Twelve-year-old dies in labor

Teen birth rates highest in most religious states

African Condom Shortage Said to Worsen Climate Impact

UN Urges Greater Investment in Maternal, Child Health in Asia-Pacific Region

The Man Who Defused the 'Population Bomb'

 

September 16, 2009

Are Condoms the Ultimate Green Technology?

 

September 15, 2009

Is having a baby not so carbon friendly?

When It Comes to Pollution, Less (Kids) May Be More

Factoring People Into Climate Change

 

September 11, 2009

Obama Unshackles Global AIDS Work

Brazil's soap operas linked to dramatic drop in birth rates

Should Nigerians have fewer babies

Report: Contraception cheapest way to combat climate change

Vast Majority of Youth Deaths Occur in Poorer Countries

 

September 10, 2009

Michigan: House committee OKs bills on birth-control coverage

 

September 9, 2009

Focus on abstinence alone is failing Texas teenagers

PHILIPPINES: Slow progress on family planning

China to continue birth control policy: vice premier

CLIMATE CHANGE: Rising Seas Demand Better Family Planning

Berlin Conference Issues Call to Action

 

September 8, 2009

Texas has restrictive birth control policy for minors

Plan would pay Japanese families to have kids

Progress and Who Wears the Pants

 

September 4, 2009

Sudan: Family Planning In Its Infancy in Southern Region

Is the West's baby bust being busted?

 

September 3, 2009

Nigeria: A Thought for Population, Poverty

DEVELOPMENT: Every Minute, Dying for Having Sex

U.N. Guide for Sex Ed Generates Opposition

Women deserve better access to birth control: UN

 

September 2, 2009

Uganda: Amref family planning initiative bears fruit

Uganda: Over Sh222 Billion Lost to Poor Family Planning

Ireland: Population growth - A growing problem

Zambia: Mansa residents prefer traditional methods of child spacing

 

September 1, 2009

Wayang used to promote family planning program in Java

KENYA: Family planning and HIV services work well together

 

August 31, 2009

Water crisis threatens Yemen's swelling population

Britain: The new baby boom

Kenya: Educate the Public On Sound Family Planning

Kenya: Obama Policy Change Benefits Family Planning

Africa's population: The lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah

 

August 28, 2009

Shanghai: Aging population puts pressure on services

Britain second to France in fertility rate as population keeps growing

Is the recession fuelling the UK's rise in births?

UK: Record rise as population tops 61 million for first time

Debate continues over Utah sex ed changes

Scotland: Morning-after pill 'should be available to girls in school'

Africa's population: The baby bonanza

 

August 25, 2009

Averting a perfect storm of shortages

Tanzania: Population Projected At 70 Million

Senior UN official sees China as important element in world population control, poverty reduction

 

August 24, 2009

Experts warn against having children in quick succession

China's one-child policy gets a second thought

The war for Afghanistan's women

 

August 21, 2009

Nile Delta: 'We are going underwater. The sea will conquer our lands'

Abstinence-only goes awry

Rwanda: When Humor Fosters Sex Education

Japan demographic crisis rises up agenda as election nears

Australia: Overseas abortion aid ban revoked

 

August 20, 2009

Abortion Law Backers Vow Oklahoma Appeal

Uganda: Adolescents Need Friendly Family Planning Services

Boston: Parents fight birth control accessibility at Revere High

 

August 19, 2009

UNFPA to provide $2.5m to tackle population issue

Population growth, graft major challenges

 

August 18, 2009

DEVELOPMENT: SOARING POPULATION MAY SWAMP ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Australia: Labor MP calls for population control

 

August 17, 2009

Making more babies: a stimulus plan

Demography: Babies make a comeback

A link between wealth and breeding: The best of all possible worlds?

 

August 14, 2009

SOMALIA: Humanitarian crisis "at new low"

College must cover birth control

Less sex, more TV idea aired in India

Dropping birth rate has economic consequences

 

August 13, 2009

More women wait to start families

 

August 12, 2009

China's Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard

ETHIOPIA: Southern region gripped by food shortage

China's one child policy pressurized by aging population

A Billion Teenagers, for Better or Worse

World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011

 

August 11, 2009

On the Family: Conferees rebut population fears

 

August 10, 2009

Puberty on the Scale of a Planet

In Reversal, Highly Developed Nations See Rise in Fertility

 

August 7, 2009

Managing the health effects of climate change

Birth Rate Is Said to Fall as a Result of Recession

The case against having kids

 

August 6, 2009

Fertility Rise for Richest - Boon or Trouble?

India: Couples paid to delay parenthood

WETZSTEIN: Freedom, hope foster fertility

Tipping point: richest nations see baby boom

Water Scarcity Looms

 

August 5, 2009

American Babies Are Ruining Everything: The truth is more brains will likely mean cleaner energy technologies.

Overpopulation: The elephant in the room

 

August 4, 2009

Canada needs to grow its population

Kenya reports shortage of contraceptives

Uganda's Population Growth Worrying - UN

Illinois: Parental notification law for teen abortions starts

If Nigeria turns a corner, women will be steering

 

August 3, 2009

Family planning may help reduce 'carbon footprint' of people

India pays couples to put off having children

In harder times, couples adopt stricter family planning

The Overpopulation "Myth"

 

July 31, 2009

BANGLADESH: Too young to marry

One-child policy debate reignited in China

Vietnam works to build on success in population control

Legalized abortion cuts maternal mortality rate in Nepal

Italy ok's abortion pill despite church opposition

Italy approves abortion drug

Foreign Investors Snap Up African Farmland

What's the Right Number of Americans?

 

July 30, 2009

Planet is buckling under weight of people

 

July 29, 2009

No More Pro-Choice Protesters on the High Seas

Jordan: Journalists Highlight Dangers of Rapid Population Growth

China: Second child not right population recipe

Tanzania: Why women are integral to progress

 

July 28, 2009

Call to reverse Nicaragua's abortion ban

NICARAGUA: Therapeutic Abortion Ban a "Disgrace" Says Rights Group

Nicaragua's ban on abortion 'compels rape and incest victims to give birth'

Zimbabwe; Taking Stock of Condom Stock-Outs

Chile: Politics and the morning after pill

India's older population to quadruple by 2050

Pinch of Reality Threatens the California Dream

A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy

Indonesia: Population control 'a weapon of the West'

 

July 27, 2009

Choosing to be child-free

Ohio: Fetus' dad must consent to abortion

Immigration and drought

An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up

Population Ups and Downs

How India's family planners lost the plot

 

July 24, 2009

Afghanistan women outraged at proposed family planning law

India: Azad expresses concern over population growth

Common Ground On Abortion: DeLauro Co-Sponsors Bill To Reduce Numbers

DeLauro bill would curb unintended pregnancies

 

July 23, 2009

COLUMN: Our ageing world isn't a catastrophe. It's a triumph

Programs' Religious Ties Raise Concerns

Shanghai spreads second-child message amid concern over aging population

 

July 22, 2009

Canada's birthrate stalls as other countries in baby boom

Nepal: Women spreading family planning measures in rural areas

China expected to see zero population growth by 2030

 

July 21, 2009

Withdrawal Method Finds Ally

 

July 20, 2009

Women in the Killing Fields: Unsafe Abortion in the Developing World

India and Climate Change

 

July 17, 2009

Pregnancy, STDs on the Rise Again Among U.S. Teens

Nigeria: 'Falling Global Family Planning Fundings Threaten Poverty Battle'

Bangladesh: 47,000 children born for shortage of contraceptives

Common ground is preventing unwanted pregnancy

Gen. Cartwright Lecture Oct. 16, 2008

 

July 16, 2009

Can We Talk About Overpopulation?

Obama May Change International Health Funding

 

July 15, 2009

Illinois: Court Upholds Abortion Notification Law

Our exploding population is the gravest threat Britain faces today

Yemen: Too many people... and counting

DEVELOPMENT: India, China Fight Poverty, Population Growth

 

July 14, 2009

The Population Bomb Revisited

Arizona governor approves abortion constraints

Uganda: CONTROL POPULATION GROWTH TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT

Tanzania: Reduce Maternal Deaths

India wants births remote-controlled

 

July 13, 2009

China's one-child policy causing working-age population to shrink

Universal family planning access

Bangladesh: World Population Day observed

Bangladesh: Birth control data paints grim future

90 Billion People, 1 Planet?

 

July 11, 2009, World Population Day

World Population Day 2009 - "Fight Poverty: Educate Girls"

Sustainable population, minus the control

 

July 10, 2009

Uganda likely to lose all forest cover in 50 years

Burden of Billions

GLOBAL: Falling family planning funding threatens poverty fight

US panel backs aid to groups that do abortions

World's Progress on Maternal Health and Family Planning is Insufficient

Q&A: Teens Wrongly Excluded From Family Planning

Statement on the Occasion of World Population Day 2009

 

July 9, 2009

Vietnam: Population work key in national socio-economic strategy: minister

Judges strike broad ban on Wash. Plan B rules

RETHINKING FOOD PRODUCTION FOR A WORLD OF EIGHT BILLION

Pharmacists can't refuse Plan B pill, appeals court says

POPULATION: Poorest Countries to Bear Brunt of Growth

 

July 8, 2009

Could Abortion Coverage Sink Health-Care Reform?

Louisiana: 'Conscience protection' law expanded

Restricting Funding for Abortion Forces 1 in 4 Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term

FDA okays Hologic birth control system

A sensible choice on sex education instruction

 

July 7, 2009

'Comprehensive' sex ed sought

Michigan: Help teenagers avoid becoming teen parents

Rwanda: Condom Vending Machines Introduced

Birth control access gets boost in Wisconsin's budget

CHINA: OPPOSITION GROWS TO GOVERNMENT'S ONE-CHILD POLICY

 

July 2, 2009

UN Gathering of Global Experts to Address Current Crisis in Family Planning

UN and World Bank voice concerns about funding for family planning

Billionaire club in bid to curb overpopulation

 

July 1, 2009

ZAMBIA: PEPFAR prevention approach too narrow

Two is enough or how an Islamic republic made contraceptives a regular part of daily life

Big cities see resurgence in population growth

Uganda: Nutrition Used as Bait to Lure Women into Using Birth Control

 

June 29, 2009

As economy in Silicon Valley slides, birth control booms

 

June 26, 2009

A new (under) class of travellers

State legislators introduce reproductive health disparity bills

Sex ed curriculum gets final OK in NC Legislature

Expert Group Meeting on Population Dynamics and Climate Change

Expert Group meeting on "Reducing Inequities: Ensuring Universal Access to Family Planning"

Farming for 9 Billion People

 

June 25, 2009

Fragile Tanzanian Orphans Get Help After Mothers Die

Arizona: Bill would let pharmacists refuse to give out abortion drugs

FDA approves generic version of Plan B

Arizona: Senate OKs abortion restrictions

EDITORIAL: Better sex ed

PAKISTAN: Softly softly on family planning messages

Senate Democrats Address Immigration

Virginia Abortion Restriction Is Upheld

 

June 24, 2009

China: Baby boom to migrant mothers' gloom

AFGHANISTAN: Few rural women use family planning services

Population and Sustainability: Can We Avoid Limiting the Number of People?

 

June 22, 2009

Pakistan: Only 32 percent couples have adopted birth control methods

Uganda: Promote Contraception in Communities

South Carolina: Couples double up on birth control

 

June 19, 2009

House Subcommittee Approves Increase in International Family Planning Funding

Bristol Palin and other teen moms: New trendsetters?

Utah: Lawmaker pushes for sex ed reform

KENYA: Family Planning Not Only For Women

Editorial: Teenagers and Pregnancy

The Population Taboo

 

June 17, 2009

Humans Intrude on an Indonesian Park

Ghana: Family planning, key to attainment of MDGs

World Bank Urged to Increase Reproductive Health Funding

Planned Parenthood confronts CHIP re contraception

Unintended Births on Rise in Nigeria, says Study

 

June 16, 2009

DEVELOPMENT: Global Campaign to Salvage U.N.'s Health Goals

U.S. Births Hint at Bias for Boys in Some Asians

Mozambique: "There Hasn't Been Adequate Emphasis on Family Planning"

 

June 12, 2009

Arizona GOP advances limits on abortion

YEMEN: Impediments to speedier development

'Zimbabwe Committed to Achieve MDGs On Health'

 

June 10, 2009

Many women dying of unsafe abortions in Timor-Leste new UN-backed report

Obama's Proposed Changes To Abortion Policy

 

June 9, 2009

UK: 'Condom cards' for boys as young as 12 so they can get free access to contraceptives (without parents knowing)

Zambia: Health Ministry on Track to Reduce Deaths From Unsafe Abortions

 

June 8, 2009

North Carolina: Senate likely to act on sex-ed bill

Philippines: Opposition 'presidentiables' push for modern family planning

Antiabortion Efforts Move to the State Level

Common Ground on Abortion (Guest Voice)

 

June 3, 2009

NIGERIA: Childbirth still deadly

Late-term abortions controversial, rare

 

June 2, 2009

Slaying hinders abortion foes' focus on Sotomayor pick

Slaying Raises Fears on Both Sides of Abortion Debate

Worldwide, a Push to Reduce Complications of Pregnancy

The Deadly Toll of Abortion by Amateurs

 

Poll: Spaniards oppose abortion law reform plan

 

June 1, 2009

Kansas Abortion Provider Killed At Church

Ban presents UN population award to Egyptian doctor, Nicaraguan NGO

Chinese kidnappers swoop on girls amid shortage of females

Abortion Provider Shot Dead In Church

A history of violence on the antiabortion fringe

Recent cases of abortion-related violence

EDITORIAL: Preventable Deaths

 

May 2009

Abortion Doctor Slain by Gunman In Kansas Church

Abstinence-only focus loses favor, money

Many women put pregnancy plans on hold in shaky economy

Child marriage in India: a tradition with alarming implications

GOP pushes back on sex-ed changes

The Global Food Crisis: The End of Plenty

DEATH IN BIRTH: Where Life's Start Is a Deadly Risk

Population isn't a problem when women are well served

Teenage pregnancy on the rise in Philippines

Survey delves into high birth rate for young Latinas

House OKs bill that allows refusal of health care

Teens urge teaching sex ed

Planned Parenthood supporters seek continued funds

Women's clinics see rise in calls and visits

Room in the crib: Baby population growth slows

Taking birth out of budget

Disaster Hot Spots on a Crowding Planet

2 Studies Tie Disaster Risk To Urban Population Surge

UN: Growth of slums boosting natural disaster risk

COLUMN: This Mom Didn't Have to Die

EDITORIAL: Teens need more options

HEALTH-KENYA : Contraceptives: Stock-Outs Threaten Family Planning

Spain moves to liberalise abortion law

No Way, Baby

Mexican Data Show Migration to U.S. in Decline

Crisis bad news for Russia's shrinking population

Resolving the coming demographic disaster

Health workers' beliefs bill advances

Spain to dispense morning-after pill in pharmacies

U.S. Increases Funding for Kenya's Family Planning and Reproductive Health Activities

The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet

Budget Widens Teen-Pregnancy-Prevention Efforts

Second chance for Plan B and FDA

NYC Teens Chide Palin's Abstinence Call

Column: Bring on the baby boom

Pakistan: Ministry goes for art activities to check population growth

Action delayed on "conscience in health care" bill

Male 'contraceptive jab' closer

Will More Food Simply Boost Population?

When the Cellphone Teaches Sex Education

 

April 2009

Mo. bill would let pharmacies refuse `Plan B' sale

Sex education: Why India should go all the way

Rwanda: Family Planning Crusade Taken to the Villages

Kenya: Ministry to buy 100m condoms as use rises

Editorial: The politics of Plan B

Contraception, a life-saving investment for the Philippines

US targets population growth, urges women's power

FDA Extends Access to Morning After Pill to 17-Year-Olds

Clinton defends abortion right worldwide

Ex-AID Chiefs Call for More Family Planning Aid

World Population on Diane Rehm Show

Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say

PHILIPPINES: Illegal abortions - the risks and the misery

Contraception, a life-saving investment for the Philippines

Editorial: Improve access to family planning

Pharmacists should stick to their distributing duties

Earth in the balance

PERU: Water Isn't for Everyone

Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight

Study Finds Pattern of Severe Droughts in Africa

Saudis 'to regulate' child brides

Afghan women protesting marriage law are pelted with rocks

EDITORIAL: Abstinence-only sex ed a failure

Sex, Power, Women And 'The Future Of the World'

In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control Is Shunned

Ulema's help sought in controlling population growth

EDITORIAL: For abstinence-plus education

EDITORIAL: Get REAL about sex ed

Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages

U.N. Triples Allotment for Population

G8 warns of hunger threat to stability

Pregnant (Again) and Poor

Letter to Rep. Nita Lowey, requesting additional funding for international family planning

Global Financial Crisis Threatens Family Planning

 

March 2009

Billion people face famine by mid-century, says top US scientist

Teenage Birthrate Increases For Second Consecutive Year

Victories in FY 2009 Omnibus appropriations bill

 

February 2009

Attempt to Restore Global Gag Rule Rejected

 

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