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  • Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter   Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters’ Opinions about Restrictive Laws

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Kari White, Daniel Grossman, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter   Introduction A substantial gap exists between the scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of abortion in the United States and public opinion about abortion safety. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Letícia J. Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro Alves   Introduction The epidemic caused by the Zika virus has been a major public health shock for Brazil, particularly for reproductive-age women. The virus is […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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    Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Abigail Weitzman   Introduction Maternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015, from approximately 250 deaths per 100,000 live births to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. Women’s education levels simultaneously rose over the same […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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    How Greater Travel Distance Due to Clinic Closures Reduced Access to Abortion in Texas

    Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Daniel Grossman, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction In 2013, the Texas legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2, a law that restricted access to medication abortion, banned abortions after 20 weeks “post-fertilization,” required doctors who […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health
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    Valentine’s Day Fact Sheet on Sexual Health

    Posted on February 14, 2009 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: Adina Nack

    What do you plan to give your valentine this February 14 – a bouquet of flowers, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a candlelit dinner? Have you considered the gift that keeps on giving — a sexually transmitted infection? STD’s have reached an all time high, mostly because they are being talked about much less. Sexually […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health
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    Reversing Course: The Impact of “Faith-Based” Sexual Health and Family Planning Policies at Home and Abroad

    Posted on January 17, 2006 in Brief Reports


    By AnneMarie Murdock Research Intern Council on Contemporary Families Recent trends in U.S. sexual education and reproductive health policies threaten to jeopardize the significant progress made during the 1980s and 1990s in improving teen sexual health domestically and HIV/STD infection rates, unwanted pregnancies, and reproductive health care worldwide. This is due to many reasons, one […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Reproductive Health / Singles & Dating
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