Tim Kaine

I deeply believe - and not just as a matter of politics, but even as a matter of morality - that matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves. And the last thing we need is government intruding into those personal decisions.

American Politician

Abby Johnson

When I say, 'I want women to have access to authentic female healthcare,' I mean that I want women to have access to healthcare that supports their natural femininity. I mean that I want women to have access to healthcare that doesn't include the use of contraception and abortion.

American Activist

Felicity Huffman

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

American Actress

Pope Benedict XVI

It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking, and a contraception mentality.

German Clergyman

Sandra Fluke

I have received so many messages of support from across the country - women and men speaking out because they agree that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.

Julie Burchill

The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact.

British Journalist

Linda Lingle

It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices.

Ruth Westheimer

Contraception has to be available for anybody who needs it.

American Celebrity

Nikki Haley

Joanna Coles

American Editor

'Contraception' includes pills, condoms, IUDs, and more. Each method has different usage and effectiveness.

Variety of methods

Discussions about contraception can be private and sensitive. They are often held confidentially with healthcare providers.

Privacy

'Contraception' is commonly used in medical, healthcare, and sex education contexts.

Healthcare context

 many of these are deep-seated and they will take some time to resolve. In the meantime, we can tackle quality of care. Providing high-quality care across the care continuum means providing access to safe and reliable contraception throughout women's reproductive lives.

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 The researchers who are working on male contraception are trying to create a better future for couples, a future where contraception is no longer considered just "a woman's issue," rather an issue for couples to decide together. So why does the world need a male pill?

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 billion people eases going to ten or eleven billion boy how do you stop that juggernaut we're doing all we can right that's really that's really a huge problem most encouraging thing I heard today was we're talking about contraception some with ladies in Uganda

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 and they can help with period diarrhea. And we also have hormonal contraception, which gives us a thinner lining of the uterus, so there's less prostaglandins produced and with less blood, there's less need for cramping. Now, if those treatments fail you --

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 of national incomes -- a drastic redistribution of wealth, reforming the ability of equity across regions? And finally, fifth, a radical increase in more education, health, access to work, contraception, investing largely in women across the world,

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 say they want to decide whether and when to become pregnant but aren't using contraception. Listening to women's needs, addressing those needs, advancing equity and those must be the aims of family planning, period.

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 family planning. By providing men and women the right to choose when, how and if to raise a family through reproductive health clinics and education, access to contraception and freedom devoid of persecution

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 and it happened much faster because of modern contraception. I think, as we go through this history, it's important to pause for a moment and to remember why this has become such a contentious issue.

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 because of modern contraception but I think as we go through this history it's important to pause fern for a moment and to remember why this has become such a contentious issue it's because some

 I have to tell you, as a parent myself, that hit me hard, because I know, had I not delved into that research, I would have talked to my own child about contraception, about disease protection,