Ensures that training is available for new medical doctors in all aspects of reproductive health, including abortion, through raising awareness of practitioner shortage, the lack of abortion education in medical schools, and escalating violence against abortion providers. Represents students at medical schools across the United States and Canada. Website contains information and statistics about reproduction, a newsletter, and reproductive training opportunities for medical students. Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) is dedicated to ensuring that women receive the full range of reproductive health care choices. MSFC recognizes that one of the greatest obstacles to safe and legal abortion is the absence of trained providers. As medical students, we work to make reproductive health care, including abortion, a part of standard medical education and residency training.
Membership based organization in the US that represents the domestic family planning field, including clinicians, administrators, researchers, educators, advocates and consumers. Works to assure access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health care services and to support reproductive freedom for all. Website includes latest information on reproductive health and politics in the US, membership information, an activist toolkit, and available health services by region etc.
Examines the sexual and reproductive health needs of young men, young African Nova Scotian women, and older women. Highlights the socio-demographic characteristics and the sexual and reproductive health status of these groups.
Gives information on how in many countries, reproductive health services, such as family planning counselling, contraception and maternal health care, are not readily available for postpartum or postabortion women.
Gives information on various stages of a woman's reproductive life, characterized by different priorities for contraception and disease protection, as well as different needs for reproductive health information.
Gives information on improving reproductive health services. Explains how throughout the world, many women are denied contraceptive methods du to health concerns that have no scientific basis. Highlights various initiatives, tools, and research in use to address these ongoing problems.
Aims to cover the evolution of basic ethical principles, ethical dilemmas that service providers regularly face, distinctions between informed choice and informed consent, and emerging reproductive health technologies that raise ethical concerns.
Gives information on sex education and other services for young adults to help reduce their risks of an unplanned pregnancy or infection from a sexually transmitted disease.