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Title Birth control / Margaret Haerens, book editor.

Publication Info. Farmington Hills, Michigan : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning , [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 363.9 B53    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Teen  TEEN 613.9 BIR    Check Shelf
Description 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series Global viewpoints
Global viewpoints.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Birth control and population growth. The myth of 9 billion / Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell -- Global population growth is relatively unaffected by the availability of birth control / Dominic Lawson -- China's strict birth control policy is leading to an aging population / Tania Branigan -- A Kurdish majority in Turkey within one generation? / Palash R. Ghosh -- Iran gives up birth control program to boost population / Al Arabiya -- Population soars; family planning efforts remain weak / Joanne Wanjala -- Magagascar: peer pressure to stop teen pregnancy / Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) -- ch. 2. Politics and birth control. Rick Santorum and the sexual counter-revolution / Laurie Penny -- China's one child policy: two cases / Jing Zhang -- Nigeria urges family planning: why legislation would be a bad idea / Jacey Fortin -- Uganda finds birth control to be a challenging political issue / Madeleine Bunting -- Canada does not prioritize birth control on its health agenda / Brigitte Noël -- Senegal needs a strong international effort to fund and implement birth control programs / Sarah Boseley -- ch. 3. Social and religious factors affecting access to birth control. A campaign in India to promote birth control among Muslim men draws controversy / Raul Irani -- Afghanistan's push for birth control to control population growth is supported by Mullahs / Associated Press -- Sexual health bill divides the Philippines / Naomi Conrad -- Birth control access in Guatemala is hindered by religious and social pressures / Danilo Valladares -- Condoms, birth control and abortion / Independent -- Japanese women do not favor the birth control pill / Mariko Kato -- ch. 4. The economics of birth control access. Many Slovak women find the cost of birth control prohibitive / Center for Reproductive Rights -- Dutch legislators are debating a new law forcing unfit mothers to take birth control / Minette Marrin -- The Chilean controversy over affordable emergency contraception is a political issue / Angela Castellanos -- New Zealand provides free long-term contraception for welfare recipients / Claire Trevett -- Russian women turn to abortion because of the cost of contraceptives / Chloe Arnold -- Senegal: "small revolution" in family planning / Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN).
Subject Birth control.
Birth control -- United States.
Added Author Haerens, Margaret.
ISBN 9780737762600 (hardcover)
0737762608 (hardcover)
9780737764369 (pbk.)
0737764368 (pbk.)
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