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Subject(s)

• Contraception [Browse]
• Birth control—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Planned Parenthood Federation of America [Browse]

Summary note

The result of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's (PPFA) Campaign for New Birth Control, this report discusses the current crisis of birth control in the US and offers recommendations to elected officials and policymakers on how to renew commitment to the development and distribution of contraception. The report points out that the US has fallen far behind other nations in contraceptive research, and that the US leads all developed nations in annual rates of unintended pregnancies, which result 1.6 million abortions each year. In order to address these and other alarming trends, the PPFA launched its Campaign for New Birth Control in 1990. The Campaign, which sponsored conferences in 9 cities across the US, brought together community leaders, medical and scientific experts, researchers, and concerned citizens. Following a message from the PPFA president and chairperson, the report provides a brief history of birth control in America. The report then discusses the current birth control crisis and identifies the following major impediments to new birth control: 1) insufficient funding to cover the withdrawal of the private pharmaceutical industry from research and development of new contraception; 2) a shortage of scientists entering the field of reproductive biology; 3) lengthy and expensive FDA regulation and approval process for new methods; 4) fears of liability lawsuits and the high cost of liability insurance; and 5) the negative impact of abortion politics on biomedical science and the pharmaceutical industry. The report then represents a plan of action, an open letter to public officials and industry executives, an action checklist for birth control advocates, and a list of New Birth Control conferences.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references. (p. 36)

Other title(s)

• Nine conferences in nine cities : a report, January 1990-January 1991
• New birth control conferences : report

OCLC

80555517

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