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January 2004, Vol 94, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health 15-18
© 2004 American Public Health Association

COMMENTARY

Family Planning in the Balance

Ann C. Hwang, MD and Felicia H. Stewart, MD

The authors are with the Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Felicia H. Stewart, MD, Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, University of California, 2356 Sutter St, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94143-1744 (e-mail: fstewar{at}itsa.ucsf.edu).

Family planning has long been acknowledged as an effective public health intervention. In recent years, however, family planning has come under increased scrutiny from conservative politicians and constituents.

National US policies instituted since 2001 are resulting in cutbacks in family planning programs worldwide. In the long run, these conservative initiatives may set back several decades of progress in reproductive health and reproductive rights.

In promoting an ideologically driven approach to sexual and reproductive health, the recent policy developments threaten to subvert ethical standards of medical care and the principle of evidence-based policy.






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