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The official journal of ARHP, Contraception: An International Reproductive Health Journal, is consistently ranked in the top tier of all journals in obstetrics and gynecology. Contraception is internationally recognized and peer-reviewed. In addition to groundbreaking research, the journal features a monthly editorial highlighting news and developments in reproductive health. Contraception editorials and abstracts are available at no cost, but access to full articles requires a subscription.

April 2013

Why Bold Policies For Family Planning Are Needed Now
Last spring at a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) talk in Berlin, Melinda Gates used this phrase, “The most transformative thing you can do is to give people access to birth control.” She expressed similar sentiments at the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, 2012, as did the British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Andrew Mitchell who was then Secretary of State for the Department for International Development, the British equivalent of United States Agency for International Development. read more>

Contraception highlights from April 2013

Past Issues

March 2013

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February 2013

• Editorial: Misoprostol in women's hands: a harm reduction strategy for unsafe abortion
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January 2013

• Editorial: Denial Of Abortion Care Due To Gestational Age Limits
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December 2012

• Editorial: Sex Delection: What Role For Providers

November 2012

• Editorial: The Supreme Court Rules, and it's Both Good and Bad News for Reproductive Health
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October 2012

• Editorial: Communicating Risk: Does Scientific Debate Compromise Safety?
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September 2012

• Editorial: Featured research at the 2012 North American Forum on Family Planning
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August 2012

• Editorial: ARHP And SFP Salute Dr. Daniel R. Mishell, Jr., And His Editorial Team For Four Decades Of Leadership
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July 2012

• Editorial: Race, Reproductive Politics and Reproductive Health Care in the Contemporary United States
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June 2012

• Editorial: Seven billion and 31 gigatons
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May 2012

• Editorial: Avoiding controversy in international provision of subdermal contraceptive implants
• Editorial: Emergency contraception: global challenges, new opportunities
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April 2012

• Editorial: Building trust for shared services: a model for collaboration between nonprofit reproductive health organizations
• Editorial: The copper IUD for emergency contraception, a neglected option
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March 2012

• Editorial: ARHP's Annual Reproductive Health Clinical Conference: A Laboratory For Innovative Provider Education That Can Lead To Real Practice
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February 2012

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January 2012

• Editorial: Inviting The Pharmacist: A Model For Improved Reproductive Care Access
• Editorial: Controversies In Family planning: Management Of Second-trimester Pregnancy Terminations Complicated By Placenta Accreta
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December 2011

• Editorial: The paradox of disability in abortion debates: bringing the pro-choice and disability rights communities together
• Editorial: Egon R. Diczfalusy, the discovery of the fetoplacental unit and much more
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November 2011

• Editorial: Publicly funded contraceptive care: a proven investment
• Editorial: Difficult feat: conducting high-quality research in challenging areas
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October 2011

• Editorial: Strategies To Expand Contraception Coverage: Another Tool In The Box
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September 2011

• Editorial: Title X: A Proud Past, An Uncertain Future
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August 2011

• Editorial: Birth Control Hormones In Water: Separating Myth From Fact
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July 2011

• Editorial: Bringing It Home: Our Imperative To Translate Reproductive Health Research Into Real Practice Change
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June 2011

• Editorial: International Reproductive Health Still Worth The Investment
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May 2011

• Editorial: Medical Students for Choice: Creating Tomorrow's Abortion Providers
• Editorial: Controversies in Family Planning: Are All Oral Contraceptive Formulations Created Equal?
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