Fertility Awareness Methods Are Not Modern Contraceptives: Defining Contraception to Reflect Our Priorities

DateJune 20, 2016
SourceGlobal Health: Science and Practice
TypePublications

A recent article in GHSP calls for classifying fertility awareness methods as “modern contraceptives” despite their inferiority. We believe in a rights-based approach, which considers the real-world conditions that many women face, including constrained sexual agency and low baseline reproductive health literacy. We must demonstrate true commitment to increasing access to the most effective and reliable contraceptive methods.

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Contraceptive Security IUDs Implants Logistics and forecasting Rights Sexual and reproductive health and rights