The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) finally included the abortifacient Mifepristone (also referred to as RU486) on the Australia Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) in August 2012 – after nearly…
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By 2020, 1.2 billion people or 16% of the world’s population will be entering their childbearing years, with 90% of these in the developing world. Along with education, the availability of effective contraception…
The combined oral contraceptive pill is the most popular form of contraception in Australia and is taken by an estimated 100 million women worldwide. The pill’s most obvious use is to prevent pregnancy…
Melinda Gates’ vow to put the availability of contraception back on the global health agenda – even if it means going against the Pope – has provided a welcome voice for logic and compassion. Speaking…
Only 1% of Australian women use long acting reversible contraception (LARC), a new study published today in the Medical Journal…
Commonly used injectable contraceptives influence the risk of developing several types of cancer, a joint ANU/National Health…
Therapeutic ultrasound could become an alternative form of male contraception in the future. A study published in the Reproductive…
Any mother collecting sweaty T-shirts left in a pile in the corner of their teenage son’s bedroom can attest to how unpleasant this task is. What might surprise them is that the experience may not be nearly…
Up to a third of women in war-torn African countries who want to limit the number of children they give birth to lack the…
Using the birth control pill may reduce a woman’s bone density, according to US university researchers. Women using a pill…
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Angela Taft is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor, Judith Lumley Centre (JLC) of Mother, Infant and Family Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Gilles Pison is a Friend of The Conversation.
Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN); Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Professor at Prince Henry's Institute, Hudson Institute
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Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University
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Lecturer, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
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