by APFLI | Oct 20, 2004 | STDs, STIs, HIV - Archive
Depo Provera Increases Chance of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Women who use the injected contraceptive Depo-Provera have a higher rate of sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. researchers [National Institutes of Health, UNC, and Johns Hopkins Univ in Baltimore] reported. This...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2004 | Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill
Emergency Contraception Supporters want EC (MAP – Morning After Pill) to be freely available in all county health departments (to girls as young as 14, without parental knowledge) nationwide. They are also pressuring the FDA to release EC over-the-counter (OTC)....
by APFLI | Aug 22, 2004 | Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence
By keeping in mind what we’re discovering about today’s teens, you can be even more effective at reaching kids with a convincing message. Based on recent findings about Millennials, here are some points to consider: GIVE TEENS A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | STDs, STIs, HIV - Archive
A generation ago, one in 10 of new AIDS patients in the United States was a woman. Its now one in four. Worldwide, women made up nearly half of the adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2003, up from 41 percent in 1997. In sub-Saharan Africa which has the worlds highest...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Abortion - Archive
UK ABORTION RATE JUMPED IN 2003 – The abortion rate in the United Kingdom jumped by 3.2 percent last year, from 175,900 in 2002 to 181,600 in 2003, according to recent statistics released by the Department of Health. Among women aged 15 to 44, there were 17.5...
