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Birth control is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman giving birth or becoming pregnant. Methods and intentions typically termed birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family planning. Mechanisms which are intended to reduce the likelihood of the fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon may more specifically be referred to as contraception. Contraception differs from abortion in that the former prevents fertilization, while the latter terminates an already established pregnancy. Methods of birth control which may prevent the implantation of an embryo if fertilization occurs are medically considered to be contraception but characterized by some opponents as abortifacients.
| Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) |
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The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) is a non-profit membership association comprised of highly qualified and committed experts in reproductive health. Its members are professionals who provide reproductive health services and education, conduct reproductive health research, and influence reproductive health policy, and they include physicians, advanced practice clinicians (nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician assistants), researchers, educators, pharmacists, and other professionals in reproductive health. The organization reaches this broad range of health care professionals both in the US and abroad with education and information about reproductive health science, practice, and policy.
Founded by Alan Guttmacher in 1963 as the physician education arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), ARHP became independent in 1972, international in 1975, multidisciplinary in 1981, and began offering professional accreditation in 1988. ARHP was the first medical organization to offer continuing medical education (CME) credits on-line in 1993 and has sponsored a broad variety of science-based patient and public education programs, and advocacy initiatives. ARHP activities include the development and implementation of clinical conferences, visiting faculty programs, monographs, an international peer-reviewed journal, Contraception, and on-line education. ARHP-sponsored programs and conferences feature the latest research, emerging technologies, hands-on training, and useful information for health care practice.
ARHP??s multidisciplinary and international membership, strong strategic partnerships, broad educational focus, and its four decades of experience are its strengths. The organization??s expert members serve as its functional heart and intellectual core, representing NGOs, government agencies, advocacy groups, academic institutions, and other professional organizations in the US and abroad. Members and staff are committed to keeping patients informed about reproductive options, to supporting the science that informs the advocacy community and to bringing together reproductive health community partners on timely issues.http://www.arhp.org
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| Guttmacher Institute |
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The Guttmacher Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. The Guttmacher Institute publishes Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy and special reports on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Institute's mission is to protect the reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout the world. It is to support their ability to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family formation.
http://www.agi-usa.org
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| National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) |
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The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) is a non-profit membership organization based in Washington, D.C. that has served as an important source of advocacy, education and training for the family planning and reproductive health care field for more than 35 years. NFPRHA's mission is to assure access to voluntary, confidential, comprehensive, culturally sensitive family planning and reproductive health care services and to support reproductive freedom for all. NFPRHA represents providers of care: public, private, domestic and international as well as researchers, educators, consumers and advocates. NFPRHA members provide reproductive health care services at nearly 4,500 clinics to more than 4 million women annually.
http://www.nfprha.org
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