CT: Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Connecticut Setting Trend in Foster-Care Placement
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut is making great progress in placing foster children in family settings and kinship care, according to a new …
Marking 16 Years of Safe Haven for Newborns
HARTFORD, Conn. – Today is Safe Haven Day in Connecticut. Connecticut passed the Safe Haven for Newborns Act 16 years ago. The law allows …
The Pill vs. Allergy Antibiotics: Nothing to Sneeze At
HARTFORD, Conn. - It's the season for allergies and sinus infections, and there's a concern among women that fighting the sniffles with antibiotics …
Obamacare Expands Access to Birth Control in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Thousands of lower-income Connecticut residents have signed up for free family planning services under the Medicaid …
First-Ever Survey on Homeless and Runaway Youth in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. – Invisible No More is the name of a presentation in Hartford today of the first-ever study of runaway and homeless youth in …
Teen Birth Rates Down, But Is Every CT Teen Getting Facts?
HARTFORD, Conn. - This month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that teen birth rates in Connecticut and around the nation have …
Women's Issues and Health Care are Front and Center at Democratic Convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Women's issues are in the forefront of the Democratic National Convention. On Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, D-Fla.…
Election 2012: What About Connecticut's Children?
HARTFORD, Conn. - So far, the 2012 presidential race has focused variously on unemployment, job creation, tax cuts, the candidates' tax returns…
Women's Health Advocates Oppose Plan B Decision
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has overruled the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration to …
Women's Rights Pioneer Honored at Dinner Tonight
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Planned Parenthood has faced serious challenges in the past year to both its funding and its mission. Tonight at a fundraising …
CT Students Teaching About Responsible Sexuality
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Fifteen high schoolers and five college students from Connecticut have just returned from a national youth conference held in …
College Students Side With Planned Parenthood Against Cuts
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - College students are a big constituency of Planned Parenthood (PP), and hundreds of them came out to rallies around the state to …