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- Despite Legal Restrictions, Early Marriage Remains Common in India; Childbearing Begins Soon Thereafter
Although the legal age of marriage in India is 18, nearly half of young women marry before their 18th birthday. Over the last decade and a half, little progress has been made in reducing the proportion of adolescents who become brides, according to a new report from the New York–based Guttmacher In… more
Thu Jun 04 09:52am MDT
- Statement from Sharon Camp on the murder of Dr. George Tiller
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Mon Jun 01 01:04pm MDT
- Greater government action needed to reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria
With 1,100 women dying during pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births, Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. A new analysis finds that while the government has adopted policies aimed at reducing maternal mortality by 75% by 2015, those policies have no… more
Thu May 28 11:03am MDT
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Source: New from the Guttmacher Institute
