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An increased number of STI screenings highlights the need for improved national services, according to the IFPA's most recent annual report. The number of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings carried…

Adolescent pregnancy traps girls in a lifetime of poverty, exclusion and powerlessness and must be addressed. That’s according to the 2013 State of World Population Report by the United Nations…

Stigma silences the voices of many women and girls. The IFPA aims to facilitate open and honest dialogue on abortion and to dispel myths that stigmatise women who seek abortion services.…

Lloyds Online Doctor and the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) have announced a partnership to provide home testing kits for common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including chlamydia, gonorrhoea and HIV.

Figures published today (11.07.13) by the UK Department of Health show that in 2012, a total of 3,982 women with Irish addresses accessed abortion services in the UK.  

The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has said that the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill contains significant amendments which help to clarify issues for women who may be impacted,…

As a result of the frequent questions asked by women and men about emergency contraception within many of our training programmes, the IFPA developed an information clip. This 4 minute animation…

The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has welcomed the publication of the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill as an important first step in making abortion services…

The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has welcomed agreement by Cabinet on the heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill (30.04.13).

The IFPA Education and Training Department ran the parenting course Speakeasy,  in partnership with Irish Autism Action, for a third year in April 2013.