Reproductive Health Technologies Project

Reproductive Health Technologies Project

The mission of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project is to advance the ability of every woman of any age to achieve full reproductive freedom with access to the safest, most effective, appropriate and acceptable technologies for ensuring her own health and controlling her fertility. To fulfill this mission, we seek to build consensus in support of an education, research and advocacy agenda for reproductive health and reproductive freedom. We seek consensus through a process of dialogue among diverse communities about technological developments and their global implications.

	Click on "RHTP at-a-glance" to learn more about the scope of our work and projects

	01/25/10		"It's Cervical Health Awareness Month: Are You Protecting Yours?" Click here to read about how and why you should protect your cervix

	01/14/10		"Toxic Beauty" Click here to read how Natieka Samuels changed her routine beauty practices to incorporate toxic free personal care products

	01/11/10		"Eight Going on Eighteen: Our Daughter and Early Puberty" Click here to read this personal story about the reproductive health effects of chemicals in our everyday environment

	12/22/09		"Twas the Night Before the Reproductive Health Hearing"... Click here to read Jenn Rogers' blog post on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

	12/09/09		"What Health Reform Won't Heal: The Effect of Environmental Toxins on Sex and Reproduction" Click here to read Jenn Rogers' blog post on RH Reality Check!

	11/20/09		RHTP Commends New Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations by ACOG Click here to read our press release

	10/21/09		Toxic Chemicals and Reproductive Health Click here for more information on our webinar

	10/19/09		FDA Approves Cervarix for Girls and Women and Gardasil for Boys and Men Click here to see our updated fact sheet

	10/14/09		Fertile Grounds: Reproductive Health and National Chemical Policy Reform Click here for our fact sheet on reproductive health and chemical policy reform

	09/04/09		Updated: Recent Emergency Contraceptive FDA Approvals Chart Two new emergency contraceptive products, Next Choice™ and Plan B® One-Step, were recently approved by the FDA. This chart lays out the formulations, age-restrictions, and other important information related to each of these products.

	08/31/09		Updated: Ovarian Stimulation and Egg Retrieval: Overview and Issues to Consider Click here to read RHTP's updated working paper on the emerging issues with ovarian stimulation and egg retrieval

	08/05/09		Updated: HPV Vaccine Fact Sheet

	07/28/09		"Green Birth Control?? What about Green Hamburgers?" Jenn Rogers discusses “green” birth control on RH Reality Check.

	07/16/09		Read what Jenn Rogers has to say about Plan B One-Step in Newsweek! Click here to read it.

	07/13/09		RHTP Press Release on FDA Approval of Plan B One-Step

	07/08/09		DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE from toxic chemicals! Click here to learn more.

	07/02/09		"Protect the Public from Harmful Chemicals" Read Jenn Rogers' Op-Ed regarding dangerous chemicals in our everyday life and the pressing need for chemical reform in the US

	06/25/09		"Reproductive Health and the Environment: Making the Work Real" Webinar See presentations and materials from three organizations working to link reproductive health and the environment.

	06/16/09		RHTP and 51 other organizations Call on FDA and Commissioner Margaret Hamberg to expedite a court ordered re-review of a 2001 Citizen's Petition regarding over-the-counter emergency contraception. -Letter to Commissioner Hamburg- -Press Release- Click HERE for more information about Emergency Contraception.

	05/8/09		"This is good news for women, and good news for science." Read Susan F. Wood and Kirsten Moore's Op-Ed on the FDA's recent announcement on Plan B Emergency Contraception

	10/16/08		The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act Fact Sheet