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  1. FACT: Over 3/4 of teen women say their 1st sex experience was w/a steady boyfriend, fiancé, husband or cohabiting partner. http://ow.ly/E4p9
  2. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, listen to experts discuss DV and sex/repro health http://ow.ly/FAps
  3. FACT: 22% of U.S. pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion. http://ow.ly/E4nN
  4. FACT: 21% of sexually active Ghanaian women aged 15-19 have had an STI, compared with 5% of their male peers. http://ow.ly/E4n1
  5. FACT: 52% of young American men talked w/a parent about STIs; and only 33% talked w/a parent about birth control. http://ow.ly/E4k8
  6. FACT: 52% of young American men talked w/ a parent about STIs; and only 33% talked w/ a parent about birth control. http://ow.ly/E22K
  7. FACT: About 1/2 of yng Malawians who drop out of school cite inability 2 pay fees/lack of school materials as main reason. http://ow.ly/CPiy
  8. FACT: 45% of recent births to adolescent Nicaraguan women were unplanned. http://ow.ly/CPgu
  9. FACT: 98% of American women who have ever had sex have used contraception. http://ow.ly/CPe4
  10. Sec. of State Clinton: “I believe strongly that family planning is an important aspect of development.” http://ow.ly/CQ4Y
  11. FACT: In 2008, an estimated 56% of pregnancies in Uganda were unintended. http://ow.ly/COle (CORRECTION)
  12. FACT: As of 2008, an estimated 56% of all pregnancies in Uganda are unintended. http://ow.ly/CO2C
  13. BREAKING: 88% of Uganda’s unintended pregnancies due to non-use of modern contraception http://ow.ly/CLQi
  14. BREAKING: Improving contraceptive services in Uganda would save lives and $$ http://ow.ly/CL5m
  15. FACT: 60% of teens younger than 18 who use a clinic for sexual health services say their parents know they are there. http://ow.ly/AQV2
  16. Our policy expert Adam Sonfield explains the nuances of #Stupak and #HCR for NPR’s Radio Times. http://ow.ly/BIxc
  17. FACT: About 70% of young Ugandan women & 50% of young men worry about unintended pregnancy. http://ow.ly/AQTN
  18. “Health-insurance reform was supposed to end the hideous cruelties our system inflicts on patients, not create them.” http://ow.ly/Brrs
  19. FACT: Publicly funded contraception in the U.S. helps prevent 810,000 abortions each year. http://ow.ly/AQSE
  20. Misuse of our statistic on insurance coverage of abortion http://ow.ly/BoqS