Condoms
Ban the Sex Tax, BBC News: Church Rejects Plea on Condoms, BBC News: Vatican in HIV Condom Row, BBC Panorama: Condoms - The Science, BBC Panorama: Vatican - Condoms Don't Stop HI, Catholic News: Church in Africa Continues AIDS Fig, Closing the Condom Gap, Condoms and the Church, Global Campaign to End the Bishops' Ban on Co, School Condom Availability
Emergency Contraception
'Morning-After' Pill Available at Some D, Canadian Physicians for Life: Morning After Pill, Catholic Hospitals Agree to Offer Emergency Contra, City Pages: The Morning-After Pill Gets a Push, Consortium for Emergency Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Emergency Contraception (a.k.a. "Morning Afte, Emergency Contraception: Contraception, Not Aborti, Emergency Contraception: The Morning-After Pill, Emergency Contraceptive Pills - An Important Optio
History
Sanger, Margaret, Stopes, Marie, Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Family P, Carl Djerassi, Condom History, Effectiveness and Testing, Frank B. Colton, Reproductive Choices: The Struggle for Change, The Negro Project: Margaret Sanger's Eugenic
Hormonal Contraceptives
Birth Control Information for Pro-life Christians, Parents Against Oral Contraception for Children, PillTruth.com, The Pill in Japan: Will Approval Ever Come?-- Kuni, The Problematics of Postmodern Culture within Disc, Time to Take a Critical Look at Depo-Provera
International Assistance
A Response to Concerns about Population Assistance, Analysis of the Controversy over US Support for In, Don't Fund UNFPA Population Control (Comment, JHPIEGO - Family Planning Training, Perceptions of Family Planning and Reproductive He, Population and Health Materials Working Group, Population Research Institute, Prevention First: A Three-Pronged Strategy To Inte, SEATS: Family Planning and Technical Support Proje, Why Family Planning Matters
Natural Family Planning
Childbirth and Birth Control Issues, Natural Family Planning Information Site, One More Soul
Organizations
Advocates for Youth, By His Mercies, Centre for Development and Population Activities (, Engender Health, EuroNGOs, Family Planning Advocates of New York State, Family Planning Association of Maine, Family Planning Councils of America, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Irish Family Planning Association
AlexanderSanger.com
Biography, writings, and interests of Alexander C. Sanger. He is the grandson of Margaret Sanger, who founded the birth control movement, and is currently Chair of the International Planned Parenthood Council.
Are There Unmet Family Planning Needs in Europe?
Study reported in Family Planning Perspectives.
Contraception
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy issues information and position statements on access to contraception, including emergency forms, around the world.
Contraceptive Failure and Unintended Pregnancy
Essay: Ambivalence toward pregnancy and ambivalence toward -- often downright dislike of -- birth control methods is probably a cause of "unintended" conception.
Desire for Sons Drives Use of Prenatal Scans in Ch
New York Times article on the unintended consequences of China's one-child family planning policies. Access to this article requires free registration.
Development Gateway: Population and Reproductive H
A large collection of information and internet links about strategies, issues and programmes in reproductive health services and family planning, particularly in developing countries.
Family Planning Law and China's Birth Control
In an interview, State Family Planning Commission official explains the law and the population and family planning situation in the country.
Family Planning Program Issues - Reproductive Heal
Summary of the status of family planning worldwide and assessment of current needs.
Family Planning Services in Adolescent Pregnancy P
Surveys in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.S. identify factors determining the success of family planning in preventing adolescent pregnancy. From Family Planning Perspectives.
FamilyPLANet
Intended to raise public awareness. Explores several aspects of international family planning, the link between family planning and the environment, and maternal health and child health.
Gente Joven
Mexican family planning group describes its programs, including efforts to implement replicable sexual health education strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Global Reproductive Health Forum
GRHF seeks to promote democratic discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender on the net. (Languages: English, Espanol, Francais)
Improving Contraceptive Choices and Services
Family Health International research, education and services in family planning, STDS/HIV and family health. Worldwide scope. Multiple languages available.
In China's Countryside, 'It's a Boy
Washington Post article discusses the effects of China's one-child policies on sex-selective abortion, infanticide, and other practices that affect sex ratios.
Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health
One of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Daily Health Reports. News on a variety of reproductive health issues and topics.
Overpopulation and Birth Control
Articles by Freya Hastings.
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy
Overview of U.S. programs and statistics.
Priority Issue: Contraception
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy position statements and fact sheets about topics related to access to contraception in the U.S.
Quinacrine Sterilization
Outlines concerns about the safety and possible carcinogenicity of quinacrine, use of which is being considered for use in sterilization programs in poor countries.
Refusing to Participate In Health Care: A Continui
Analysis by the Alan Guttmacher Institute on the issue of whether individuals and institutions should be permitted to refuse to participate in reproductive and other health care services on the grounds of religious belief or moral objection.
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
Reproductive freedom advocacy group, based in the U.S. News and information on emerging issues in contraception, including new contraceptive technologies.
Research Library: Contraceptive Technologies
The Global Reproductive Health Forum at Harvard listing of articles and essays about issues related to contraception and contraceptive research.
State Innovations in Family Planning Services Agen
Reproductive health non-governmental organization in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Information about programs to reduce fertility rate and improve maternal and child health, including personal counseling, contraceptive marketing, and work with personal birth attendants.
The 'Illegitimacy Bonus' and State Effor
Article from Family Planning Perspectives about the progress of U.S. efforts to reduce pregnancy among welfare recipients.
The Edith Stein Foundation
Information supporting the hypothesis that the birth control pill and other forms of contraception are responsible for a wide range of medical and social problems affecting women.
The Politics of Contraceptive Research
Essay critiquing the development of immuno-contraceptives, also known as anti-fertility "vaccines", which aim to turn the body's immune system against reproductive components.
The Role of Contraception In Reducing Abortion
Review of statistics on the relationship of contraceptive use to abortion rates.
Worldwide Contraceptive Use Rising
Discussion of UN data on current contraceptive practices and needs in 153 countries and areas. Overall contraceptive use increased substantially over the past decade in developing countries. [Requires free registration.]