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Advocacy Continues for OTC Birth Control Pill

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

According to one reproductive health nonprofit, Black women face disproportionate barriers when it comes to accessing prescription birth control.

Obria awarded a grant for teen pregnancy prevention and family planning funding. (Courtesy of Obria Medical Clinics)

Federally Funded Clinics Now Emphasize Abstinence

by WI Guest Author July 31, 2019December 21, 2021

Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College, testifies June 19 at a Capitol Hill hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No Lip Service for Reparations

by WI Guest Author June 26, 2019December 21, 2021

Depo-Provera (Courtesy of mayoclinic.org)

Health, International

Injectable Birth Control Raises HIV Risk for African Women

by WI Guest Author June 19, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Makes Birth Control Free

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer February 7, 2018October 31, 2020

Maryland Expands Birth Control Access in 2018

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer January 3, 2018October 31, 2020

Racial Gap Widens in Cervical Cancer Deaths

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer February 1, 2017October 30, 2020

The Planned Parenthood Hoax is the GOP’s Trojan Horse: How Republicans are Hijacking the National Conversation

by Washington Informer July 31, 2015October 30, 2020

Report: Teen Use of Morning-After Pill is Climbing

by Washington Informer July 22, 2015October 30, 2020

Abortion Rights Issue Regains Momentum

by Washington Informer July 7, 2015October 30, 2020