Family Planning

Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

commentary
Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal
Massachusetts has a law to ensure ease of access to birth control pills, saying there should be no copays and women can fill a 12-month prescription at once. Infertility care has similar protections. But many health plans don't have to comply with state laws because they are “self-insured.”
Read More »
Jun 9, 2023
STAT
Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer

Family Planning

commentary
South Korea's Extraordinary Fertility Decline
The complicated history of family planning as well as socioeconomic and political factors may all play roles in depressing birth rates in South Korea. But the nation's fertility decline is just one piece in a complicated gender puzzle.
Read More »
Jul 22, 2022
The RAND Blog
Daniel Hicks, Jennifer Bouey @BoueyHuang, et al.
Family Planning

commentary
The Economic Rationale for Investing in Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Proven benefits to reduced fertility — or to delayed start to childbearing and greater spacing between births — include lower maternal mortality, fewer unsafe abortions, reduced risks from early childbearing, and women's ability to engage in more income-generating opportunities.
Read More »
Aug 3, 2016
The World Bank Investing in Health Blog
Peter Glick, Sebastian Linnemayr
Family Planning

commentary
Policy Barriers to Best Practices: The Impact of Restrictive State Regulations on Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives
Long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods of birth control, which include the intrauterine device and subdermal implant, are highly effective, very safe, preferable to women, and cost effective. But some states' contraceptive policies create direct and indirect barriers to LARC use.
Read More »
Nov 6, 2015
Women's Health Issues
Priya Batra, Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Maternal Health

commentary
Family Planning Must Be Part of the Humanitarian Response in Africa's Conflict Zones
Worldwide, nearly 800 women die every day due to mostly preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. More than half of these deaths occur in fragile states torn by armed conflict and generalized violence.
Read More »
Jul 1, 2015
The RAND Blog
Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik
Demographics

commentary
Could Britain See a Baby Boom?
The royal birth comes at a time when fertility in Britain is increasing after decades of decline. Today, the U.K.'s total fertility rate, a proxy for the average number of children per women in a given year, is the third highest in Europe behind only France and Ireland.
Read More »
Jul 31, 2013
CNN
Stijn Hoorens @StijnHoorens
Religion and Civil Society

commentary
Can Catholic Colleges Block Free Condom Distribution?
If this issue were to be decided on the basis of public health benefits, the outcome would be clear: Condoms indisputably prevent both unintended pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, writes Chloe Bird.
Read More »
Apr 23, 2013
Ms. Magazine
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Affordable Care Act

commentary
California Improves on Affordable Care Act by Letting RNs Dispense Birth Control
As we look for ways to provide efficient, high-quality and cost-effective healthcare to more Americans, states may study California as a potential model for how to do more to deliver on what the Affordable Care Act has to offer women, while saving money at the same time, writes Chloe Bird.
Read More »
Oct 9, 2012
Ms. Magazine
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Women's Health

commentary
Supporting Comprehensive Health Care for Women Makes Dollars, and Sense
As we look for ways to provide efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective health care to more Americans, we can't afford to ignore women's health issues, including reproductive health care and the cost savings that contraceptive access provides, writes Chloe Bird.
Read More »
Sep 5, 2012
The RAND Blog
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD
Female Populations

commentary
Celebrating Birth Control on Mother's Day? Not as Counterintuitive as It Sounds
Reliable birth control contributed to economic development by reducing women's risk of dropping out of school associated with early childbearing and high fertility rates, contributing in turn to increases in women's labor force participation, the continuity of their careers, and the standard of living of women, children and families, writes Chloe Bird.
Read More »
May 11, 2012
Ms. Magazine
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD

Quoted

With China's economy in difficult circumstances, Beijing may well conclude that growing North Korean threats will destabilize Northeast Asia, and that would certainly highlight a major difference between Chinese and North Korean objectives.

Bruce W. Bennett

Adjunct International/Defense Researcher

Source: 1945

Policymakers should consider adopting a greater standard for critical infrastructure that requires adherence to secure development and design principles. This will both minimize the introduction of vulnerabilities and, perhaps more importantly, maximize the level of insight into the security and quality of systems—to include the risk they may introduce.

Chad Heitzenrater

Senior Information Scientist

Source: C4ISRNET

The Drivers of and Outlook for Russian-Iranian Cooperation

Financial Incentives for Businesses Can Increase Employment of People with Criminal Records

F-16s Are No Magic Bullet for Ukraine, but They Are a Game Changer with the Right Munitions

Rightsizing the Russia Threat

Supporting More-Effective Stormwater Management in the Mid-Atlantic Region

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Family Planning

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

South Korea's Extraordinary Fertility Decline

The Economic Rationale for Investing in Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Barriers to Best Practices: The Impact of Restrictive State Regulations on Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Family Planning Must Be Part of the Humanitarian Response in Africa's Conflict Zones

Could Britain See a Baby Boom?

Can Catholic Colleges Block Free Condom Distribution?

California Improves on Affordable Care Act by Letting RNs Dispense Birth Control

Supporting Comprehensive Health Care for Women Makes Dollars, and Sense

Celebrating Birth Control on Mother's Day? Not as Counterintuitive as It Sounds

Connect

Contact Us

I am interested in

Follow

Stay Informed

Resources

Site Information