Dear Mother Jones: We, members of the Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals (AFAP), were frustrated by the distorted picture of Fertility Awareness and Fertility Awareness Based Methods of contraception (FABMs) presented by Kiera Butler in Mother Jones (September 30, 2022). Although Butler spoke with several of our members, there is almost no mention of the […]
In May of 2017, AFAP published a statement regarding another group’s petition to the CDC pertaining to the CDC’s published effectiveness statistics for Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs) for pregnancy prevention. The CDC is based in the US, but is a global leader in public health, and its website and published information are considered authoritative. […]
Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals Response To “Petition the CDC: Women and medical professionals need accurate information on family planning” by Fertility Appreciation Collaborative to Teach the Science (FACTS) and Natural Womanhood The Association of Fertility Awareness Professionals (AFAP) is grateful to the Fertility Appreciation Collaborative to Teach the Science (FACTS) and Natural Womanhood (NW) for opening this public conversation, which raises […]