• City News

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  • ‘No Touching, Only Seeing, Okay?’

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  • Heavy Fuel

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  • The Dalit Cartel

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  • Men, Listen Up

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  • Ban Nudity! Ban Nightlife!

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  • The Ill-Effects of a Rave Party in Udupi

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  • Vishwa Bandhu Gupta and Cloud Computing

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  • A Prophet of More… Way More… More and More… And?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:50:55
    Many subscribers to PMC’s Daily Email are familiar with Dave Gardner’s Growthbusters project. Dave has coined the phrases “growth addict” and “growth booster” to serve as helpful tools to quickly and concisely describe members of our species with an unexamined and outspoken fetish for chimeras such as perpetual economic growth. Below, Charles Kenny, writing in [...]

  • Drought, population force city to find more water

    Updated: 2012-02-28 14:29:47
    Please see this recent article, published in the Galveston County Daily News and reporting on the travails of League City, TX in their efforts to provide water resources to a growing population. If population growth continues, by 2035 the city will need about 50 million gallons a day. Right now they can pump 21.5 million [...]

  • Climate Ethics and Population Policy

    Updated: 2012-02-27 19:01:04
    Thanks to Phil Cafaro, Ph.D. and Vice President/President Elect of the International Society for Environmental Ethics, for the following paper. The abstract is presented below. Also, it should be noted Dr. Cafaro’s paper was recently cited in an article in Ecologist online (link below) in which the United Kingdom’s chief scientist, Sir John Beddington, described [...]

  • Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now

    Updated: 2012-02-27 18:59:22
    Below is strongly presented opinion piece, written by Sara Robinson, the editor of Alternet’s Visions section. Sara is a trained social futurist, and she’s particularly interested in change resistance movements. See: http://www.alternet.org/story/154144/why_patriarchal_men_are_utterly_petrified_of_birth_control_–_and_why_we%27ll_still_be_fighting_about_it_100_years_from_now?page=entire Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now Conservative [...]

  • Dip In Population Raises Concern: Demographers

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    It seems clear that Dr Aneesh, assistant professor, community medicine, Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in India has not been in any recent close consultations with the Indian Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. In the story immediately below, Dr. Aneesh is quoted bemoaning the Indian state of Kerala’s relatively small (compared to the [...]

  • What is sustainability Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future What is sustainability Home Solutions What is sustainability Living sustainably means balancing our consumption , our technology choices and our population numbers in order to live within the resources of the planet . It means maintaining a stable and healthy environment for both humanity and biodiversity The implications are radical . As a minimum a sustainable society , i.e . one that could physically be sustained indefinitely , would need a stable or reducing population , very high levels of reuse and recycling , 100 renewable energy and no net loss of soil and biodiversity No country is yet near . it We are already eating into our capital , collectively consuming the renewable resources of 1.5 planets .

  • Urgency of addressing population growth Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-24 19:20:32
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Urgency of addressing population growth rises February 24th 2012 Population Matters today re-emphasizes the urgency of addressing human numbers as two authoritative new reports sound the alarm on the environment and . sustainability Simon Ross , Population Matters chief executive , said : These reports provide additional detail on and backing for the perfect storm’ referenced by Professor Sir John Beddington , Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government . They identify major and growing challenges to humanity’s future prosperity and progress . They also point out that many of these challenges interact in unpredictable ways and that strategies to respond to these challenges are uncertain of success and can have

  • Friday Humor: “Really? With Seth and Amy”.

    Updated: 2012-02-24 14:09:44
    I hope you enjoy the following video clip, which comes to you via Saturday Night Live’s “Really? With Seth and Amy“. In it, Amy and Seth question the actions and decisions of lawmakers and the church about birth control. Navigate here to watch the clip: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/really-with-seth-and-amy-birth-control/1386256 (Below, Fiona Carmody of RH Reality Check, elucidates the [...]

  • UK Population rises 250,000 with arrivals from India and Africa Population Matters

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    : Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future UK : Population rises 250,000 with arrivals from India and Africa February 23rd 2012 Tags : Migration Space and amenities A quarter of a million people were added to Britain’s population last year because of migration as the number of arrivals from the Indian subcontinent and Africa hit a record . high Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that net immigration in the year to June 2011 was 250,000, up 15,000 up on the total 12 months earlier and only slightly below the all-time peak recorded in September . The total is way above the Government’s target of cutting the migrant inflow to below 100,000. One of the main reasons for the continuing large numbers of arrivals is that immigration from the

  • Other actions Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Other actions Home Get involved Other actions As an individual Make the pledge that you’re going to try to have two or fewer children , and tell others about . it Send population concern e-cards to people you . know Debate population issues with interested people . These forums are open to : all Facebook Twitter Google Google+ Yahoo LinkedIn Find out about participating in member activities Speak up about population Use this website to get the facts about population . You might start talking to family and friends and then move onto your local school , college , university , club or social group . We can also offer promotional materials and support to help you to approach your local . media At the local level Ask

  • Civilization faces ‘perfect storm of ecological and social problems’

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    The following news report appeared in the environmental section of the The Guardian’s website titled “Global Development”. The report is based on the release of a synthesis paper created from key messages found in individual papers written by the past 18 winners of the Asahi Glass Foundation’s Blue Planet Prize. The Blue Planet prize is [...]

  • Population Matters For a sustainable future

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future All environmental problems become harder and ultimately impossible to solve with ever more people . 8221 David Attenborough Climate change threatens Bangladeshis with floods and a rising sea . level By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population is predicted to be living in water-stressed countries . 8221 United Nations Australia’s droughts are becoming more frequent and more . severe Over 200 million women do not have access to modern contraception . 8221 UNFPA The Horn of Africa’s unmet need is not just for food but also for family . planning Nearly half of primate species are in danger of becoming extinct . 8221 IUCN Chimps in the Congo face extinction due to human . activity The world population has risen

  • Population Matters For a sustainable future

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:48
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future All environmental problems become harder and ultimately impossible to solve with ever more people . 8221 David Attenborough Climate change threatens Bangladeshis with floods and a rising sea . level By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population is predicted to be living in water-stressed countries . 8221 United Nations Australia’s droughts are becoming more frequent and more . severe Over 200 million women do not have access to modern contraception . 8221 UNFPA The Horn of Africa’s unmet need is not just for food but also for family . planning Nearly half of primate species are in danger of becoming extinct . 8221 IUCN Chimps in the Congo face extinction due to human . activity The world population has risen

  • Water Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:45
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Water Home Issues Resources Water Ever more people need ever more water . Growing populations , changing consumption patterns and increasing industrialisation mean people are using ever more water . However our supplies of fresh water , like other resources , are finite and under threat . Ground water is being depleted , and pollution is affecting many remaining fresh water supplies . Climate change is already changing rainwater patterns with catastrophic consequences , and shrinking the glaciers which many millions of people rely on to provide water throughout the year . Many communities , especially in the poorest regions , are already suffering severely from shortage of water . In some regions of Africa and

  • Poor repoductive health Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Poor reproductive health Home Issues People Poor reproductive health It is estimated that 215 million women world-wide still lack access to modern contraception . Even where it is formally available , take-up and use are often limited by the degree of cultural acceptance , the level of female empowerment , affordability and problems with distribution . This means many people have much larger families than the global average , with some countries averaging five or six per woman . In some places , high infant mortality rates can contribute to higher birth rates because women have more pregnancies to . compensate Contraception is only one element of a general lack of reproductive health services which mean that

  • Our impact on biodiversity Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Our impact on biodiversity Home Issues Environment Our impact on biodiversity The sixth mass extinction Since life appeared on earth , there have been several mass extinctions in which many of the earth’s species were wiped out because of climate change volcanic activity , the impact of an asteroid or reasons we have not yet discovered . The plants and animals which currently live on earth have continued to evolve over the 65 million years since the last mass extinction . But many scientists consider the huge reduction in biodiversity since the emergence of humans is now on the scale of another mass extinction . This is known as the Holocene , or because it is man-made in origin Anthropocene , . extinction

  • Population Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Population Home Issues People Population History The story of our species is one of remarkable success . From a starting point in Africa , our ancestors spread across the planet , harnessing local resources and adapting to the harshest . environments While some societies collapsed once they had exhausted local resources , and other groups migrated to new lands or fought wars over diminishing local resources , the overall picture was one of continued growth . As technological advances enabled our ancestors to increase agricultural output , their numbers grew exponentially . The lack of open discussion about this topic means most people are not aware that our high numbers today are such a recent phenomenon . As

  • About Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future About Home About Population Matters is the leading population charity in the UK . We campaign to change the way people think about population . Our vision is the achievement of an optimum human population for the Earth and each country on it i.e . a size of population that affords people a good quality of life , maintains the habitat for other species and is environmentally sustainable . We are unconnected with but entirely endorse the US-based blog Population Matters Population Matters is the working name of the Optimum Population Trust . It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales . Registered charity no . 1114109. Registered company no . 3019081. Registered

  • From our ceo Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future From our CEO Home About From our CEO Today’s problems are increasingly pressing . The scale and pace of biodiversity loss climate change resource depletion and population density should be a matter of grave concern for us all . Those who think humanity will continue to prosper on the basis of ever more industrialisation or prospective technologies are gambling with the prospects of future generations and neglecting the rights of other species . We all love our children . We want them to grow up loved , healthy , well-nourished and well educated in a safe and pleasant environment . Today only a small proportion grows up in such circumstances . Looking ahead , climate change and resource over consumption means

  • Our monthly update Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Our monthly update Home News Our monthly update February 2012 Message from the Chief Executive From Newswatch Advocacy Communications Events Group News Competition Population Matters News Join January 2012 Message from the Chief Executive Selections from Newswatch Advocacy Communications Fundraising Join December 2011 Message from the Chief Executive Selections from Newswatch Advocacy International Communications Fundraising November 2011 Message from the Chief Executive Selections from Newswatch Advocacy Research Communications Future activities Join us October 2011 Population Matters Day of 7 billion News from Newswatch Events worth attending Send an e-card September 2011 Aid for universal access to family

  • Member activities Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Member activities Home Get involved Member activities Become a volunteer We welcome your involvement in our activities and campaigning . From contributing to our research activities or writing articles for our magazine to helping manage the organisation or running events , there’s a valuable role you can play.Whatever time and skills you have to offer , do get in touch and tell us what you’d like to . do Join the letter writers’ group Our media group responds to both positive and negative coverage of population issues in the media . When population has been left out of the debate or dismissed , the group tries to set the record straight . They also monitor the media , recommending where efforts can best be

  • Current campaigns Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Current campaigns Home Get involved Current campaigns There are a number of specific population-related issues on which you can campaign . We have listed the main opportunities below . Please see the Member activities and Other actions pages of this website for information about other things you can . do Expand All Collapse All Global population We call on governments and the international community to recognise the role that population size plays in the issues facing humanity and to incorporate consideration of population in discussions over biodiversity climate change conflict , migration , poverty reduction and resource security . We are seeking to make the point in our representations to the Rio+20 United

  • Donate or fundraise Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Donate or fundraise Home Get involved Donate or fundraise The level of population is one of the key issues affecting the future of humanity . Your support will help us to get population high up on the agenda and keep it . there Your contributions enable us to carry out our research , education , campaigning , lobbying activities and events by paying for our expert associates , staff salaries , office expenses and publicity . materials You may instead fill out and mail in our print form View our fundraising promise and complaints policy Donate by text To donate to Population Matters by SMS , text POPM07 and an amount to 70070. You will receive a text acknowledgement . We can’t claim gift aid on this , but it is a

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  • Environment Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:29
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Environment Home Issues Environment We rely on the world’s ecosystems and rich biodiversity for everything we need to exist , from the regulation of our atmosphere and the pollination of plants to the creation of important new medicines and . crops The value of biodiversity lies both in the range of species and in the genetic differences within . species We are reducing this crucial diversity through development , exploitation and pollution our numbers and activity increasingly encroach on the natural world . Our impact on biodiversity takes many forms , and population growth contributes to them . all Climate change itself arguably caused by humanity , is also playing a part in the rapid decline of global

  • Issues Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Issues Home Issues On a finite planet , nothing physical can grow indefinitely . The more of us there are , the less resources there are for each of us . The wellbeing of future generations depends not only on limiting individual consumption and using natural resources more efficiently but also on stabilising our numbers at a sustainable . level An increasing number of people will find it impossible to achieve a decent quality of . life Population will certainly stop growing at some point . This will be either sooner by fewer births the humane way of informed and individual decision making on family size , supported by the promotion of freely available contraception or later by more deaths the natural , inhumane

  • Resources Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:28
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Resources Home Issues Resources Historically the size of human communities has depended on their ability to harness resources . Population growth was relatively slow until the 18th Century , when a step-change in agricultural productivity helped world population to rise dramatically . The industrial revolution initiated a huge increase in global trade while public health improved tremendously , both changes enabling population to increase . Later , in the mid 20th Century , increased agricultural productivity achieved through the Green Revolution allowed population numbers to double between 1950 and 1990. Nevertheless , our dependence on natural resources remains absolute . Numbers are now projected to rise from

  • People Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:27
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future People Home Issues People Overall world population has grown throughout history despite occasional downturns . Current trends show that this growth may be driven by a number of factors , in particular ageing lack of reproductive health and access to modern contraception , lack of women’s rights and poverty In some countries , migration also contributes significantly to the increase in . population Print PDF Monthly eUpdate Forthcoming events Low Carbon Communities for Future Growth Conference United Kingdom 28 February 2012 Current campaigns Support family planning Gender and social justice UK reproductive health For smaller families Issues Issues Environment People Resources UK issues Global examples People

  • Our news and press releases Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Our news and press releases Home News Our news and press releases View : All News stories Press releases February 15th 2012 Children let down by lack of family planning press release The recent Save the Children forecast on child hunger highlights the human cost of the world’s failure to invest in reproductive health . The report forecasts that half a billion children . February 6th 2012 Addressing population is central to a sustainable future press release In its response to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability , Population Matters criticised the report’s omission of measures designed to explicitly address population growth . January 31st 2012 New Report

  • Children let down by lack of family planning Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:25
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Children let down by lack of family planning February 15th 2012 The recent Save the Children forecast on child hunger highlights the human cost of the world’s failure to invest in reproductive health . The report forecasts that half a billion children could grow up physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years because they do not have enough to . eat Simon Ross , chief executive of Population Matters , commented : This report indicates the human cost of the current lack of family planning provision . Resource prices , including food , are rising , driven by growing human numbers and global industrialisation . This will increasingly put pressure on the world’s poorest . Governments and the international

  • High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:24
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Addressing population is central to a sustainable future February 6th 2012 In its response to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability , Population Matters criticised the report’s omission of measures designed to explicitly address population growth and called for population to be at the heart of thinking on global . sustainability Even though the report acknowledges that population growth is a major contributor to rapidly rising demand and hence to the unsustainability of our global development model , it fails to see population as an issue to be addressed . The report thus completely ignores its own strictures that policy thinking should be integrated and

  • Population Growth Drives Water Shortage Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:23
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future New Report : Population Growth Drives Water Shortage” January 31st 2012 As concerns mount about continuing drought in the South East and rivers running low in the Lake District , Population Matters released a report showing the grave implications of UK population growth for our future water . supplies The report 1 More People , Less Water is an MSc dissertation commissioned by Population Matters from LSE graduate student Rusha Shukla last summer , for which she received a Merit . This is a student report , not peer-reviewed , said Population Matters chair Roger Martin , but it makes a strong prima facie case for stabilizing our numbers as soon as possible . The report shows that the UK’s future water supply

  • Population Growth and Unemployment Population Matters

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:44:22
    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future UK Population Growth Contributes to Rising Unemployment January 20th 2012 Continuing population growth contributes to the depressing unemployment figures , Roger Martin Chair of Population Matters said . today With the UK population growing at some 400,000 per year , it is obvious that employment has to grow proportionately , just to prevent unemployment rising . No country can do that indefinitely the notion of sustainable growth’ in anything physical on a physically finite planet is clearly a a . contradiction” He went on to say , The two and a half million unemployed , including the unprecedented numbers of young people must wish that we had stable population numbers , so that any increase in jobs would give

  • Newswatch Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Newswatch Home News Newswatch February 22nd 2012 Tags : Climate change and global warming Environment Food Global farmer leaders unite to address the challenge of climate change Representatives of farmers and rural producers from all over the world gathered at the Rome headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD for the Fourth Global Meeting of . February 22nd 2012 Tags : Food Resources Land grab or development opportunity Land grabs are now one of the biggest issues in Africa . Over the past few years , companies and foreign governments have been leasing large areas of land in some of . February 22nd 2012 Tags : Family planning and reproductive health Women's rights empowerment When

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  • Website survey Population Matters

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Website survey Home Website survey We want to give you information on population in an attractive and accessible way . To help us do that , please take two minutes to complete the survey below . You can answer all or just some of the . questions Website survey Name First Last Email How well does the website meet your needs Very well Somewhat well Not well How does the site compare with those of similar charities and campaign groups Much better Better About the same Worse Much worse How likely would you be to recommend the site to others Very likely Quite likely Neither likely nor unlikely Quite unlikely Very unlikely Tell us how we could make the site . better Print PDF Monthly eUpdate Forthcoming events Low

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    Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Terms of Use Home Terms of Use Copyright Content on this site is protected by copyright . Where the copyright owner is not stated , it may be assumed to be Population Matters Optimum Population Trust Population Matters encourages people to download or copy the material for personal or not for profit use . Population Matters does request appropriate acknowledgment of the copyright owner if material is republished in any format . You may not make alterations or additions to material from this site , or use it for commercial . purposes Content status Population Matters can not guarantee that information on the site is accurate , complete or up to date . Visitors who rely on any information do so at their own risk .

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  • Student Reporting: Population 7 Billion

    Updated: 2012-02-22 14:07:39
    I am pleased to distribute the following student essay, written by Carleton University undergrad Marika Washchyshyn (Bachelor of Journalism, 2012) for her International Reporting analytical course. Marika initially reached out to Population Institute’s Global Population Speak Out program for information and research leads. She submitted her paper on December 8, 2011. Congratulations, Marika. Student Reporting: [...]

  • Hollywood actress, Alexandra Paul, to train local actors in Sierra Leone

    Updated: 2012-02-21 17:57:12
    February 21, 2012 Alexandra Paul, an actress (best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in TV series “Baywatch”) and social activist, has teamed up with Population Media Center (PMC) to train local actors in Sierra Leone from February 23 – March 1, 2012 for PMC’s newest radio series. I am honored to be [...]

  • Honduran Supreme Court Upholds Most Sweeping Ban on Emergency Contraception Anywhere

    Updated: 2012-02-21 14:10:38
    Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief of RH Reality Check, recently penned this report on the Honduran Supreme Court upholding a severe ban on emergency contraception. See: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/02/14/honduran-supreme-court-upholds-complete-ban-on-emergency-contraception-0 Honduran Supreme Court Upholds Most Sweeping Ban on Emergency Contraception Anywhere by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check February 14, 2012 – 12:35pm The Honduras Supreme [...]

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