Videos Discuss Marie Stopes TV Ad, Access To Antiretrovirals, Family Planning In Africa

The following summarizes selected women's health related videos.

 Marie Stopes Launches TV Ad: Fox News reported on a new British TV ad from Marie Stopes International that urges women with unplanned pregnancies to call a toll-free hotline for counseling. Antiabortion-rights groups are protesting the ad, which uses the slogan "Are You Late?" and does not mention the word "abortion." Three-fourths of the British public support the ad, according to Fox News (Palkot, Fox News, 5/24).

 HBO Examines Impact of Antiretrovirals: On Monday, HBO and Product (RED) presented a documentary -- "The Lazarus Effect" -- about the transformative effects of antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV. In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," (RED) CEO Susan Smith-Ellis said efforts by the Clinton Global Initiative and other groups have helped bring the cost of providing antiretrovirals to HIV-positive people from thousands of dollars annually to about 40 cents per day. In addition, in part because of initiatives from the Global Fund and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, more than five million people worldwide now use the drugs, including about three million in sub-Saharan Africa, according to Smith-Ellis (Scarborough, "Morning Joe," 5/24).

 Kristof Discusses Global Family Planning: A "Morning Joe" panel and the New York Times' Nicholas Kristof discussed his recent column on the lack of access to contraception in developing countries. Women in poor countries face multiple barriers to family planning, including cost, a lack of knowledge about contraception and rules that require a husband's permission for women to use birth control, Kristof said. "There is good evidence that if you invest in family planning in these countries, it actually pays for itself," he added (Scarborough et al., "Morning Joe," MSNBC, 5/20).


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