Amnesty International says rural and Indian pregnant women in Peru get unequal health care

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s government doesn’t provide adequate care for pregnant women in the impoverished highlands and jungle, a failure reflected in one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the hemisphere, a human rights group said Thursday.

Urine on floor, blood on beds: Pakistan hospitals overwhelmed by war and refugees

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FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control over the counter

WASHINGTON — Women’s groups cheered the government’s decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.

FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control over the counter

WASHINGTON — Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but that women’s groups said represents sound science.

FDA to allow 17-year-olds to get ‘morning-after’ birth control pill over the counter

WASHINGTON — Women’s groups cheered the government’s decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the “morning-after” emergency contraceptive without a doctor’s prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.

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