Friday, April 1 / 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM   •   Rooms 309-310

Session 101:
Reproductive Health in Developed Countries

Chair: Susan F. Newcomer, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH
Discussant: Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago

  1. Reasons U.S. Women Choose AbortionLawrence B. Finer, The Alan Guttmacher Institute ; Lori Frohwirth, The Alan Guttmacher Institute ; Lindsay Dauphinee, The Alan Guttmacher Institute

  2. Explaining Trends in Contraceptive Use among Teen Females, 1995-2002Jennifer Manlove, Child Trends ; Elizabeth Terry-Humen, Child Trends ; Erum N. Ikramullah, Child Trends

  3. Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant HealthKelly Noonan, Rider University and National Bureau of Economic Research ; Nancy E. Reichman, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ; Hope Corman, Rider University ; Dhaval Dave, Bentley College

  4. Unhealthy Sex: Discomfort with Sexuality and Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United StatesKirsten Smith, University of Pennsylvania

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