Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 415-417 , December 2007

Family planning and access to safe and legal abortion are vital to safeguard the environment

  • J. Joseph Speidel (Adjunct Professor, Director for Communication)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0744, San Francisco, CA 94143-0744, USA1
  • ,
  • Richard A. Grossman (Assistant Clinical Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Colorado, Durango, CO 81302, USA

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PII: S0010-7824(07)00406-4

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.08.003

Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 415-417 , December 2007