Failure Rates For Contraception Falling
It's not clear what the reason for the better rates are, but the study's author suggests major public health efforts in recent years to improve public knowledge about contraception may have helped.
NPR:
Birth Control Failure Is Dropping, CDC Says
If you're failing less, then you're succeeding more, right? That's exactly what appears to be happening with birth control in the United States, according to a new study released by the Guttmacher Institute. Contraceptive failure rates for all of the most common contraceptives (think: the pill, condoms, and IUDs) fell from 2006-2010, according to the most recent data collected for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Survey of Family Growth. (McCammon, 3/1)
In other women's health news —
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Women Urge 'Sister Pact' For Mammograms In Seven Milwaukee ZIP Codes
[Lisa] Taylor-Goodwin is part of a targeted ad campaign unveiled Wednesday by the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Task Force to encourage African-American women to get mammograms... Called "Sister Pact," the four-month advertising campaign features photos of African-American women with a friend or family member who made a pact to be screened for breast cancer. The photos are featured on billboards and buses and in digital and print advertising; the campaign also includes radio and television spots. (Jones, 3/1)
Texas Tribune:
Bush Daughter Emphasizes Planned Parenthood's Importance Under Trump
At a Planned Parenthood fundraiser in Fort Worth on Wednesday, Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, insisted that the work the organization is doing is especially important after a changing of the guard in Washington.Bush was the keynote speaker at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas' annual Fort Worth luncheon. In audio of her speech obtained by The Texas Tribune, Bush hinted that President Donald Trump's electoral victory over Hillary Clinton caught her by surprise. (Samuels, 3/1)
