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	<title>Population Matters &#187; Family Planning</title>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to &#8220;The Pill&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2010/08/10/happy-birthday-to-the-pill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday to “The Pill”—5-2010
© Richard Grossman MD, 2010
It was fifty years ago that the Food and Drug Administration approved “the pill”. What a half-century it has been!
The birth control pill made it possible for couples to have sex without concern about pregnancy. True, before hormonal contraceptives there were other contraceptives—but the condom, diaphragm and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No on Amendment 48</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2009/02/21/no-on-amendment-48/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article below may be copied or published but must remain intact, with attribution to the author. I also request that the words “First published in the Durango Herald” accompany any publication. For more information, please write the author at: richard@population-matters.org.
 
No on Amendment 48
© Richard Grossman MD, 2008
 
 
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilize the Media for Reproductive Health</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/12/20/utilize-the-media-for-reproductive-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/12/20/utilize-the-media-for-reproductive-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“To be effective, we need to tell our story in many songs and films.”
David M. Johns, in“Our Real Challenge: Managing Ourselves Instead of Nature”The media are valuable to keep people informed about the problems caused by our growing population. In addition, they can broadcast information about ways to slow our expansion. Even more important is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wear the Implanon Contraceptive Implant</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/10/24/wear-the-implanon-contraceptive-implant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/10/24/wear-the-implanon-contraceptive-implant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that a new contraceptive just became available in Durango? Implanon was approved for use in this country over two years ago, but its manufacturer has been very cautious in making it available.
Almost all women can safely use Implanon. It is effective for up to three years, and can be removed easily when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Envision the Ideal Baby Food</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/09/20/envision-the-ideal-baby-food/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/09/20/envision-the-ideal-baby-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Durango Herald]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a food that is ideal nutritionally, is inexpensive and prevents many diseases. Wouldn’t you expect such a product to be used universally? Guess again!
Breast milk is all of the above, and more. Sadly, only one child in seven born in the USA is given just breast milk at six months of age, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to the People who Picket Planned Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/08/05/21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/08/05/21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I respect people who have strong convictions and are willing to express them. I have demonstrated for peace recently on Main Avenue, and elsewhere, during the Viet Nam war. I also walked in the largest demonstration ever in Washington D.C., the “March to Save Women’s Lives”.]]></description>
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		<title>Haunted in India</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/02/25/haunted-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2007/02/25/haunted-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The image of Varanasi that stays with me is not the chanting and bell ringing while seven saffron-robed priests gesture with incense and flames. It is not the nine clouds of smoke as bodies are cremated on the steps beside the Mother Ganges. It is not the press of dense crowds of people-whom I found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know About Contraception</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2006/09/19/know-about-contraception/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2006/09/19/know-about-contraception/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need contraception, use it; if you don&#8217;t, be a source of information for other people. For many people, particularly teens, abstinence is the ideal contraception. Since contraception is the best way of decreasing the need for abortion, most people agree that good contraceptive services are beneficial.
We have come a long way in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Off the Planet</title>
		<link>http://www.population-matters.org/2006/07/19/cool-off-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.population-matters.org/2006/07/19/cool-off-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”
Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing last month’s article depressed me. The article predicted run-away global warming within this century.
This series on global warming is long overdue. The vast subject is crucial because climate change will affect our progeny so severely. [...]]]></description>
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