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Medical providers' role in constructing clear options for young women. | A young woman sits in an examining room, waiting for her medical provider. The provider arrives and picks up the chart. “I see...
View ArticleStand by Me
How providers can better meet kids on their own turf. | No one birth control method fits everyone, but today young women have better options than ever before. Across the United States, from New York to...
View ArticleBack to the Future
Modernizing regulation, reimbursement, and care for our teens. | More than 80 percent of teen pregnancies are accidents. A girl with other hopes and dreams—or maybe a girl who is floundering, who...
View ArticleBirth Control? There’s an App for That
Planned Parenthood pioneers a new program to improve contraceptive access. | Given that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unintended, it should come as no surprise that sexual health advocates are...
View ArticleSustainability Between the Sheets
Seventh Generation founder & daughter let you "do what's natural." | When Meika Hollender’s dad, superstar green entrepreneur Jeffrey Hollender, first brought up the idea of founding a condom...
View ArticleHow Northwest Families Can Arm Themselves Against Zika
A revolution in contraceptive care could make the difference. | The Cascadia region is low on the Zika list, with only a handful of cases to date. Currently, neither of the two mosquito species that...
View ArticleThe Colorado Family Planning Miracle
Are Oregon and Washington next? | Most businesses would jump at the opportunity to invest a dollar that saves them $5.85 over the next three years and then keeps on returning savings, all the while...
View ArticleWould you like to have a kid in the next year?
One Key Question improves family planning and lives. | In contrast with Europe and Canada, the Pacific Northwest faces an epidemic of surprise pregnancy. Northwest women say that almost half of their...
View ArticleFamily Planning Kick-Starts Prosperity
Could low-income Cascadians benefit from the strategy that propelled Japan and South Korea up the league table of incomes? | Cascadia is known for mountains and salmon, technology, and modern urban...
View ArticleAlmost 1 Percent of Washington Newborns Go through Withdrawal from Opioids
Integrated reproductive health and opioid treatment services empower prospective moms, provide best starts for babies. | The scale of North America’s epidemic of heroin, oxy, and other opioids is...
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