Anti-Choice Scare Tactics

This news clip from a Denver TV station is proof that pro-choice activists and supporters need to make their support known. As this video shows, anti-choicers are doing so in their usual disturbing ways by picketing contractors who are working on the new Planned Parenthood Health Center in Colorado.

International News Roundup - August 2007

From Planned Parenthood Federation of America's monthly roundup of recent news related to sexual and reproductive health and rights outside the United States.

Doctors and hospitals in Portugal are making it difficult for women to obtain abortions despite the recent legalization of the procedure. Read more...

Mexico City is facing challenges in its efforts to make safe abortion widely available. Read more...

In India, the government has proposed that all pregnant women register with the government and go through a formal request process in order to obtain an abortion. Read more...

A condom manufacturer in Indonesia has launched a question-and-answer text messaging hotline after a study revealed that more than 50 percent of teens in the country relied mostly on friends and pornographic movies for information about sex. Read more...

A study conducted in South Africa and Zimbabwe confirmed earlier studies that found that diaphragms are not effective in preventing HIV/AIDS. Read more...

Uganda has seen a significant decline in the number of women dying from pregnancy-related causes, from 505 out of every 100,000 live births in 2001 to 435 in 2006. Read more...