Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is authored by Ellen Starbird, ...

The U.S. birth rate hit a record low in 2023, but data suggests that over the past 30 years, the number of adults who want to have children has remained relatively stable. So why aren’t more Americans ...

Family Planning and U.S. Foreign Policy The United States should see family planning as a foreign policy priority that leads to healthier and more prosperous societies, and should increase funding, ...

Family planning can be an exciting yet scary time in many people’s lives. With so much information available, researching family planning alone can quickly become overwhelming. An important ally for ...

As funding uncertainties continue to grow for health care providers across the country, Family Planning Services of Lorain County is looking to the community for support as it works to launch a new ...

Public policy debates in the United States might suggest that faith and family planning are fundamentally incompatible. Some religious writers object to contraception on the grounds that it can ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

A nation facing tremendous financial hardships and some of the poorest socioeconomic and health indicators can ill-afford to add nearly 17,000 newborns each day to its already huge population. Our ...

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Bangladesh faced enormous challenges in 1971, grappling with poverty, limited resources, poor healthcare access, food insecurity, and a rapidly growing population. At the time, one in five children ...