Family Planning in Islam

Islam, Women and Family Planning: A Primer

The events of September 11 have focused attention on just how bad things can be for women living under the rule of Islamic extremists. The Taliban’s inhumane treatment of women in Afghanistan has led many in the West to conclude that Islam itself defines a subordinate role for women that is incompatible with reproductive choice. In reality, however, Islamic thought is flexible on reproductive m...

Islam and family planning: changing perceptions of health care providers and medical faculty in Pakistan

A USAID-sponsored family planning project called "FALAH" (Family Advancement for Life and Health), implemented in 20 districts of Pakistan, aimed to lower unmet need for family planning by improving access to services. To enhance the quality of care offered by the public health system, the FALAH project trained 10,534 facility-based health care providers, managers, and medical college faculty m...

Family Planning after Abortion

در بسیاری از کشورها، سرویس های بهداشتی مربوط به باروری از نظر خدمات تنظیم خانواده برای زمانی که بخاطر عوارض سقط ناسالم تحت درمان هستند، فعال نمی باشند. این مسأله به میزان زیادی خطر حاملگی ناخواسته بعدی و سقط های ناسالم را افزایش می دهد. محققین، نظرات انجمن کارشناسان را در مورد ارتباط با این خلاء و برخورد واقع بینانه تر با این نیاز اورژانس بیان نمودند. احتمالاً زنانی که یک بار سقط کرده اند بیشتر...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

Iran’s Shift in Family Planning Policies: Concerns and Challenges

Iran’s significant success in implementing Family Planning (FP) during the past 25 years, has made it a role model in the world. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Iran has dropped from 6.5 in 1960 to 1.6 in 2012, which is well below the targeted value of 2.2 for the country. Iran’s success story, however, did not merely root in the implementation of FP programs. In other words, families’ strong...

Disparities in family planning.

Prominent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unintended births exist in the United States. These disparities can contribute to the cycle of disadvantage experienced by specific demographic groups when women are unable to control their fertility as desired. In this review we consider 3 factors that contribute to disparities in family plann...