Introduction

Birth Control ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Sundstrom ◽  
Cara Delay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Title X ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
News Headlines ◽  
Timely Topic ◽  
Trump Administration

Birth control is a timely topic. As we finish this book in 2019, contraception and family planning dominate news headlines across the United States. Legal challenges to the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate continue; the Trump administration has revised decades-old Title X funding...

scholarly journals Family planning in Louisiana and Mississippi, 2014-2018: Using application programming interfaces to access Google data and gain insights into searches on birth control (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndola Prata ◽  
Karen Weidert ◽  
Anne Zepecki ◽  
Elina Yon ◽  
Elizabeth Pleasants ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Search Volume ◽  
Birth Control Pills

BACKGROUND It is now common to search for health information online, yet not much is known about online searches related to birth control. A 2013 PEW Research Center survey found that 77% of online health seekers began their query at a search engine. The widespread use of online health information seeking also applies to women’s reproductive health. Despite online interest in birth control, not much is known about related interests and concerns reflected in the search terms in the United States. OBJECTIVE In this study, we identify the top search terms on Google related to birth control in Louisiana and Mississippi and compare those results to the broader United States, examining how the Google searches have evolved over time and identifying regional variation within states. METHODS We accessed search data on birth control from 2014- 2018 from two proprietary Google Application Program Interfaces (APIs), Google Trends and Google Health Trends. We selected Google as it is the most commonly used search engine. We focused our analysis on data from 2017 and comparisons with 2018 data were made as appropriate. To assess trends, we analyzed data from 2014 through 2018. To compare the relative search frequencies of the top queries across Louisiana, Mississippi and the United States, we used the Google Health Trends API. Relative search volume by designated marketing area (DMA) gave us the rankings of search volume for each birth control method in each DMA as compared to one another. RESULTS Results showed that when people search for birth control in Louisiana and the broader United States, they are searching for information on a diverse spectrum of methods. This differs from Mississippi, where the data indicate people were mainly searching for information related to birth control pills. Across all locations, searches for birth control pills were significantly higher than any other queries related to birth control in the United States, Louisiana and Mississippi and this trend remained constant from 2014-2018. Regional level analysis shows variations in search traffic for birth control across each state. CONCLUSIONS The Internet is a growing source of health information for many users, including information on birth control. Understanding popular Google search queries on birth control can inform in-person discussion initiated by family planning practitioners and inform birth control messaging. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.2196/16543

scholarly journals United States Pursues Regulatory Actions Against TikTok and WeChat Over Data Security Concerns

2021 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-131
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Data Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Legal Battle ◽  
Regulatory Actions ◽  
Trump Administration

The Trump administration is engaged in an ongoing legal battle against the makers of two Chinese smartphone applications, TikTok and WeChat, over their data-collection and content moderation practices. The administration has used both the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in an attempt to force the companies to cease U.S. operations and, in TikTok's case, to change ownership. The administration's actions have spurred multiple legal challenges, several of which are ongoing, and for now, both TikTok and WeChat remain in operation in the United States.

Lawyers as Activists

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Dorf ◽  
Michael S. Chu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Court Action ◽  
The Government ◽  
Trump Administration

Lawyers played a key role in challenging the Trump administration’s Travel Ban on entry into the United States of nationals from various majority-Muslim nations. Responding to calls from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), which were amplified by social media, lawyers responded to the Travel Ban’s chaotic rollout by providing assistance to foreign travelers at airports. Their efforts led to initial court victories, which in turn led the government to soften the Ban somewhat in two superseding executive actions. The lawyers’ work also contributed to the broader resistance to the Trump administration by dramatizing its bigotry, callousness, cruelty, and lawlessness. The efficacy of the lawyers’ resistance to the Travel Ban shows that, contrary to strong claims about the limits of court action, litigation can promote social change. General lessons about lawyer activism in ordinary times are difficult to draw, however, because of the extraordinary threat Trump poses to civil rights and the rule of law.

Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the United States

2017 ◽  
pp. 218-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha J. Bailey ◽  
Jason M. Lindo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Birth Control Pill ◽  
American Women ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Changes in childbearing affect almost every aspect of human existence. Over the last fifty years, American women have experienced dramatic changes in the ease and convenience of timing and limiting childbearing, ranging from the introduction of the birth control pill and the legalization of abortion to more recent availability of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). This chapter chronicles these changes, provides descriptive evidence regarding trends in the use of contraception and abortion, and reviews the literature linking them to changes in childbearing and women’s economic outcomes. It concludes by discussing the recent surge in LARC use, which seems to be one of the most pressing areas in need of further research.

scholarly journals United States Recognizes the Opposition Government in Venezuela and Imposes Sanctions as Tensions Escalate

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-609
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Intergovernmental Organizations ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
Trump Administration

The Trump administration formally recognized Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela on January 23, 2019, making the United States the first nation to officially accept the legitimacy of Guaidó’s government and reject incumbent President Nicolás Maduro's claim to the presidency. In a campaign designed to oust Maduro from power, the United States has encouraged foreign governments and intergovernmental organizations to recognize Guaidó and has imposed a series of targeted economic sanctions to weaken Maduro's regime. As of June 2019, however, Maduro remained in power within Venezuela.

BIRTH CONTROL AS VIEWED IN 1923 BY A HIGHLY RESPECTED AMERICAN PEDIATRICIAN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-330
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Actual Number ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Induced Abortions ◽  
Large Families

Dr. Richard Arthur Bolt (1880-1959) was both a greatly respected American pediatrician and an acknowledged leader in the development of maternal and infant hygiene programs. His chapter entitled "The Mortalities of Infancy" in Isaac Abt's (1867-1955) encyclopedic, nine-volume treatise on pediatrics, published between 1923 and 1926, contains this negative view of birth control.1 This terrific loss of life in utero or shortly after birth constitutes a serious problem from a biological as well as a social standpoint. Of recent years there has been an alarming increase in the frequency and actual number of induced abortions. This has gone hand in hand with the insidious propaganda for so-called "birth control" or "voluntary parenthood"—a movement which has gained momentum in France, Holland and New Zealand, and has gradually spread to England and the United States. While the birth control enthusiasts would indignantly disclaim any connection between the "contraceptive methods" of "voluntary parenthood" and induced abortions, it is very evident that the more "moral technique" of contraception must often break down and relief from the "accidents" which follow be frequently sought in induced abortion. Thus far contraceptive methods have been practiced largely by the elite and better educated classes. Those most able to bear children and meet their support have been the very ones to shirk the responsibility, while those for whom birth control is claimed to be a great boon still proceed to build up large families. It has been estimated that at least four children to a family are necessary to keep up the stock.

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