An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. Safe access to abortion is a vital part of healthcare. Family planning services may reduce the need for abortions, as they can help prevent unintended ...

Family planning and reproductive health programs are cost-effective interventions that can reduce high fertility rates and improve not only the health of the individual, but also the welfare of the ...

Kirtly Jones, MD, and Katie Ward, PhD, open the seven-episode series by breaking down what "family planning" truly means. They explore the physical health factors that influence fertility, the medical ...

In a northern state in India, known as Uttar Pradesh, a woman named Meena has just met her newborn child. She is joyful while breastfeeding in the crucial hours after giving birth to a healthy little ...

The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from ...

While her husband holds their youngest child, Twesigye Christente waits to receive a long-acting contraceptive at the Kinaaba Health Center II in Uganda. Photo by: UNFPA / CC BY-NC-ND The world is ...

Safe, effective family planning is key to ’empowering people, developing nations’ – UN If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, ...