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Abortion in the Philippines is constitutionally prohibited. [1] The constitutional provision that "[The State] shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception" was crafted by the Constitutional Commission which drafted the charter with the intention of providing for constitutional protection of the abortion ban, although the enactment of a more ...
The unintended pregnancy rate among teens has been declining in the US. Between 2008 and 2011, the unintended pregnancy rate declined 44% among women aged 15–17 years old and 20% among women aged 18–19 years old. [34] This decline is attributed to improved contraceptive use among sexually active teens, rather than changes in sexual activity ...
The history of reproductive health law in the Philippines dates back to 1967 when President Ferdinand Marcos was among the heads of state who signed the Declaration on Population. The 30 countries who participated in the signing of the declaration were acknowledged by U.N. Secretary-General U Thant during a United Nations ceremony on December ...
In a Texas sample, 1% of non-pregnant women aged 16–40 reported experiencing pregnancy coercion in their lifetime. [1] Among Pennsylvania family planning clinic patients, reproductive coercion was reported at 5% in October 2018. [1] In a sample of adolescents aged 14–20 in Boston, 20% had been coerced into having sex without a condom. [1]
The Soviet Union had more than 200 million reported abortions throughout its history according to the Johnstons Archive. [4] Since legalization in 1967, there have been 9,331,978 abortions in the United Kingdom according to government reports collected by the Johnstons Archive. [5]
Pregnancy options counseling is a form of counseling that provides information and support regarding pregnancy. Women seeking pregnancy options counseling are typically doing so in the case of an unplanned or unintended pregnancy. Limited access to birth control and family planning resources, as well as misuse of birth control are some of the ...
Until the 1950s, [3] "premarital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other. [4] During that period, it was the norm in Western societies for men and women to marry above the age of 21, and there were no considerations that one who had sex would not marry.
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. [nb 1] [2] An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of all pregnancies.