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Women Need More Contraception Options That Protect Against Pregnancy, HIV
In this Huffington Post "Black Voices" opinion piece, Vanessa Cullins, vice president for external medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, responds to an announcement by the WHO in February that the agency would not revise its contraception guidelines for women living with and at risk of HIV infection based on a "study suggesting that hormonal contraception increases women's risk of [acquiring and] transmitting HIV to their partners." A panel found "there was not enough evidence" to support women abandoning hormonal contraception and concluded there should be "no restrictions on hormonal contraception," Cullins states.
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