Birth control
Series: Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780737762600
Copyright date: 2014
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: ch. 1. Birth control and population growth.; title: The myth of 9 billion / Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell; title: Global population growth is relatively unaffected by the availability of birth control / Dominic Lawson; title: China's strict birth control policy is leading to an aging population / Tania Branigan; title: A Kurdish majority in Turkey within one generation? / Palash R. Ghosh; title: Iran gives up birth control program to boost population / Al Arabiya; title: Population soars; family planning efforts remain weak / Joanne Wanjala; title: Magagascar: peer pressure to stop teen pregnancy / Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN); title: ch. 2. Politics and birth control.; title: Rick Santorum and the sexual counter-revolution / Laurie Penny; title: China's one child policy: two cases / Jing Zhang; title: Nigeria urges family planning: why legislation would be a bad idea / Jacey Fortin; title: Uganda finds birth control to be a challenging political issue / Madeleine Bunting; title: Canada does not prioritize birth control on its health agenda / Brigitte Noël; title: Senegal needs a strong international effort to fund and implement birth control programs / Sarah Boseley; title: ch. 3. Social and religious factors affecting access to birth control.; title: A campaign in India to promote birth control among Muslim men draws controversy / Raul Irani; title: Afghanistan's push for birth control to control population growth is supported by Mullahs / Associated Press; title: Sexual health bill divides the Philippines / Naomi Conrad; title: Birth control access in Guatemala is hindered by religious and social pressures / Danilo Valladares; title: Condoms, birth control and abortion / Independent; title: Japanese women do not favor the birth control pill / Mariko Kato; title: ch. 4. The economics of birth control access.; title: Many Slovak women find the cost of birth control prohibitive / Center for Reproductive Rights; title: Dutch legislators are debating a new law forcing unfit mothers to take birth control / Minette Marrin; title: The Chilean controversy over affordable emergency contraception is a political issue / Angela Castellanos; title: New Zealand provides free long-term contraception for welfare recipients / Claire Trevett; title: Russian women turn to abortion because of the cost of contraceptives / Chloe Arnold; title: Senegal: "small revolution" in family planning / Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN); title: Periodical and Internet sources bibliography; title: For further discussion; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography of books