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If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ve probably heard me describe PPHP as an organization made up of three pillars: health care, education, and advocacy. We need all three pillars to be successful ...
When should I start talking with my kid about sex and relationships? Research tells us that kids and teens who have regular conversations with their parents and caregivers about sex and relationships ...
First things first: What exactly should sex education cover and when? If you want the short version, check our table. If you want the long version, check out the National Sex Education Standards.
This full-time 2-year residency program will provide Nurse Practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), or Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) with the opportunity to build their clinical skills and ...
Someone asked us: Can I get a vasectomy reversed if I decide I want kids later? A vasectomy is meant to be permanent, so it’s not the best birth control method for people who think they might want to ...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a deceptive bill that is nothing more than a contrived scare tactic used to stigmatize abortion. Jacqueline Ayers, the senior ...
Someone asked us: I’m a trans guy on T. Do I still have to worry about getting pregnant? Some trans men’s ability to get pregnant might decrease after taking testosterone for a while. Taking ...
Did you know anti-abortion groups in 2023 are name-checking a law from 1873 to try to ban abortion nationwide? The Comstock laws are a set of 150 year-old laws that criminalized “obscene” materials.
If you’re 17 or younger, you need your parent or guardian’s consent to get gender-affirming hormone replacement therapies (HRT) like testosterone and estrogen. However, some states are trying to pass ...
Someone asked us: I had an abortion with pills and I’m worried that my doctor will find out. Can you tell if someone had an abortion? There’s a small chance that your medication abortion won’t work ...
We may remember that first uncomfortable conversation about the birds and the bees, but we are less likely to remember talks about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – because they didn’t usually ...
Finding and taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy without the help of a doctor or nurse is called “self-managed abortion” (which some people call an “at-home abortion”). It’s a fairly common ...