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  1. For some US women, access to specialized #familyplanning clinics may be key to continuous #contraceptive use (PDF): gu.tt/Jun2u3 9:07 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  2. Nuestros expertos desacreditan un estudio Chileno sobre la incidencia de la mortalidad materna y el aborto gu.tt/KSyACi 12:55 PM May 24th via HootSuite
  3. NEW: Title X–funded family planning clinics do more to meet women’s need for contraceptive services than other clinics gu.tt/JlnysY 8:02 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  4. NEW: ~6/10 pub funded fam planning clinics struggled w/ stocking full range of contraceptive methods in ’10 due to cost gu.tt/JlnysY 2:02 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  5. BREAKING: Our experts debunk Chilean study claiming that restricting abortion doesn’t impact abortion-related mortality gu.tt/JqFFKx 11:06 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  6. ANALYSIS: Going the Extra Mile: The Difference #TitleX Makes gu.tt/KbXDSC 9:24 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  7. STUDY: In ’10, 54% of publicly funded US FP clinics offered 10/13 reversible contraceptive methods, up from 35% in ’03 gu.tt/JlnysY 6:20 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  8. FACT: Unmarried US black women 20–29 were only racial group to see drop in unintended pregnancy rates btwn ’01 & ’08 gu.tt/JAiOR0 12:30 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
  9. FACT: The more strongly US women 18–29 think friends value #bc, more likely they are to use hormonal/longacting methods gu.tt/IOauLr 10:57 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  10. #NWHW: 6 in 10 women & men aged 18–29 underestimate the effectiveness of oral contraceptives gu.tt/IOauLr #birthcontrol 10:01 AM May 19th via HootSuite
  11. #NWHW: 95% of Americans have had premarital sex. Even among women born in the ’40s, ~9/10 had sex before marriage gu.tt/yXwJXE 8:45 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  12. #NWHW #Abortion is #healthcare. Preventing unintended preg is key but there will always be women who need abortions gu.tt/FQryeA 11:44 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  13. #NWHW Publicly funded #familyplanning services helped women avoid 1.94 million unintended pregnancies in ’06 gu.tt/KWMW41 9:00 AM May 16th via HootSuite
  14. #NWHW The 2/3 of women using #contraception consistently & correctly only acct for 5% of all unintended pregnancies gu.tt/JY9n9S 8:35 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  15. #NWHW FACT: 43% of unintended pregnancies are the result of inconsistent or incorrect contraceptive use gu.tt/wvFk53 8:45 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  16. #HappyMothersDay! Today also starts Nat’l Women’s Health Week! Stay tuned for stats on US women’s #reprohealth. #nwhw #womenshealth 10:00 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  17. NEW: 69% of US women & 45% of men 18–29 say they’re set on avoiding pregnancy but ~40% think using #bc “doesn’t matter” gu.tt/IOauLr 12:22 PM May 11th via HootSuite
  18. Ahora está disponible en español: nuestra compilación anual Perspectivas Internacionales en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva gu.tt/JQhmDD 9:26 AM May 11th via HootSuite
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