Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on April 16, 2008 - 9:49am
Over-the-counter painkillers for urinary tract infections provide instant relief to thousands of women. But a recent study shows that an alarmingly high rate of women do not seek out proper medical attention and prescription medication after their painful symptoms are gone.
Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia on April 4, 2008 - 9:42am
Tuberculosis has a major impact on women's reproductive health and the health of their children, but there is little attention to women's vulnerability in the current media blitz about a resurgent TB internationally, and in particular, in sub-Saharan Africa.
Pamela Pizarro, RH Reality Check, North America on March 14, 2008 - 9:54am
Women’s access to unbiased, medically-sound reproductive health care in Canada is being compromised by doctors hiding behind conscience clauses to refuse services and referrals.
Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on March 7, 2008 - 9:41am
Menopause is a natural stage of a woman's reproductive life, a condition women go through as they grow older. Knowing the facts and having resources will help women prepare for, rather than dread, that change.
Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on February 4, 2008 - 9:49am
Judy Norsigian, founder of Our Bodies, Ourselves, talks about the group's ongoing work to promote breastfeeding and birthing options and to provide evidenced-based health information that's not affected by corporate bias.
Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on December 27, 2007 - 10:02am
Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice-president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood, answers RH Reality Check's questions about the most significant events of the year in women's health.
Fistula is prevalent throughout the developing world and women are
susceptible to getting fistulas anywhere there is a breakdown in the health system. The images in this photo essay tell the story of women affected by obstetric fistula.
Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia on November 19, 2007 - 9:11am
In the face of fast-paced technological advances in health and medicine, the field of law and policy seems to be stuck in a never ending game of catch up. What are some of the important issues around law and new health and medical technology?
Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on November 13, 2007 - 9:52am
We can’t shop our way to the toxin-free revolution, but there are a bunch of steps you as a savvy consumer can take to lessen the toxin load in your and your family members' bodies.
Reducing maternal deaths from unsafe abortion is one of the most straight-forward public health problems to remedy. But this can never be fully realized unless governments start including abortion in realistic approaches to protecting women's health.
Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather talks to a young woman who doesn't like being a girl.
Conservative activists are gearing up to enact state laws to restrict abortion. Colorado is once again serving as a political incubator in yet another attempt to chip away at Roe v. Wade, this time in the form of an amendment stating that life begins at conception.
Pregnancies, both planned and unplanned, happen to trans folks, too. It is imperative for reproductive health care providers to seek appropriate education and training in order to be able to provide comprehensive care to these patients.
Given the alarmingly sexist and racist undercurrents rearing their heads in this presidential election, it's not illogical to look at "Iron Man" and see a reflection, and perpetuation, of prejudices that just won't die.
The Minnesota House last Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the University of Minnesota to use state funds to conduct research using embryonic stem cells. The measure prompted a flurry of amendments by anti-choice Republicans designed to derail the bill.
Last week, nearly 80 conservative groups led by the Family Research Council asked President Bush to strip family planning clinics of their eligibility for Title X funds if they refer patients for abortions or share facilities with abortion providers -- which would bring the global gag rule home.
In Colombia, young women may be getting pregnant intentionally -- but not necessarily because they want to become mothers. Sexuality education advocates differ on how best to tailor a pregnancy prevention and sexual health curriculum to reach Colombian teens.
On May 26, the Wanderlust reproductive justice bicycle caravan will set off on an 1800 mile journey from New Orleans to New York City, meeting with and learning from reproductive justice activists along the way.
In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Campaign, Pharmacy Access Partnership and RH Reality Check teamed up to launch an essay contest open to young people 14-24 years of age. Read the winning entry!
Have Safe Haven laws -- in which women can lawfully relinquish their infants within 30 days of birth -- become a substitute for universal health care and comprehensive sexuality education?
Illinois's reproductive justice advocates are backing one of the most comprehensive reproductive health bills the state has ever seen. And they're bringing in new allies for the fight.
Oregon Right to Life calls on anti-choice candidate who paid for girlfriend's abortion two years ago to quit race. But they sat on the story for two years.
The Family Research Council is petitioning our government to severely restrict federal funds for our contraception and family planning program - a program that is headed by one of their own.
