women's health
Why care about women’s health in health care reform? As 19th century Swiss poet and philosopher Henri Frederic Amiel wrote: “In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
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By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice November 8, 2009 - 9:58am
This is only the first salvo in the bishops’ campaign against women’s health. Just imagine for a moment what healthcare will look like when the bishops are finished.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 22, 2009 - 1:31pm
Listen to RH Reality Check's Wendy Norris on KPTK's Uprising Radio this morning as she delves into why the media has almost completely ignored women's distressing health care disparities when discussing The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything.
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All the sexual health-specific sturm und drang around the process of health reform over the past few months has resulted in a set of bills all of which that take roughly the same “abortion neutral” approach.
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By Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow October 20, 2009 - 9:35am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is one of several female Democratic senators demanding that health insurance disparities that impact women be eliminated as part of the health reform packages being debated in Congress.
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Reader diary posted by Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood of New York City October 19, 2009 - 4:41pm
No matter what the result of health care reform, our lives will be profoundly affected. So how do we make sure our voices are heard, and that things essential to our health aren't left behind? Why through photos, of course.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor September 23, 2009 - 10:46am
UN Meetings and Clinton Global Initiative on climate change and maternal health, Gardasil's border issue, and news from around the web.
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Reader diary posted by PlannedParenthoodAdvocate, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund September 23, 2009 - 6:00am
Health care reform can help level the playing field for women who have been overlooked for too long. Simply put, women must not be left out of the most important public policy discussion of a generation.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor September 22, 2009 - 2:32pm
The formal start of the Clinton Global Initiative, which begins with a plenary featuring President Obama, President Clinton, President Michelle Bachelet of Chile and others, is less than an hour away. But there have already been announcements of commitments to and calls for funding for women and girls, a key theme of this year's meeting.
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Reader diary posted by PlannedParenthoodAdvocate, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund August 27, 2009 - 2:38pm
“I can’t fill my prescription because I have to buy groceries.” One
needs only to spend a day in any one of our health care centers to hear
stories just like this and to see the need for meaningful health care
reform.
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