women's health
The Third Shift: Employment, Housework, and Now Informal Healthcare
reader diary by GWMCHstudents, gwmchstudents@gmail.com
February 23, 2010 - 12:20pm (Print)
While many women continue to struggle with striking the delicate balance between family household responsibilities and paid employment, an additional shift is taken on by many women, too: informal healthcare providers.
Why Are Science and Evidence Routinely Ignored When it Comes to the Rights and Health of Pregnant Women?
by Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
and Farah Diaz-Tello, National Advocates for Pregnant Women
January 19, 2012 - 7:17am (Print)
Why is it, we wonder, that when it comes to decisions regarding women and pregnancy, science is so often ignored?
Cindy Pearson Reacts to Recent IOM Report Recommendations
Cindy Pearson, Executive Director of the National Women's Health Network (NWHN), reacts to the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for preventive women's health services. Sign the petition to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius right here on our site!
IOM Recommends Full Coverage of Contraceptives, Other Reproductive Health Care Under Health Reform
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 19, 2011 - 1:44pm (Print)
In a new--and much-anticipated--report, the Institute of Medicine recommends that health reform guidelines for preventive care to be developed by the HHS include no-copay for contraception and a wide range of preventive services.
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New Hampshire Defunds Planned Parenthood, Leaving Thousands Without Primary Care
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 12, 2011 - 8:36am (Print)
A vote by New Hampshire officials not to renew with Planned Parenthood has left thousands of women without no access to birth control and other primary reproductive health care. And as the statement of one councilor reveals, the real agenda is not (just) about abortion services, but to punish women for sex
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Federal Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Against Indiana Law De-funding Planned Parenthood
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
June 24, 2011 - 7:46pm (Print)
In an important victory for women in Indiana and elsewhere, a federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of an Indiana law barring Planned Parenthood Indiana from participating in the state's Medicaid program.
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New Jersey: Women's Health #Fail
reader diary by AGiacchetti
June 18, 2011 - 9:19pm (Print)
Remember that rally for women’s health in Foley Square where thousands turned out to hear Congressman Anthony Weiner, Kathleen Hanna, Jasmine Burnett, Cecile Richards, and countless other champions for reproductive rights? Well, a lot has changed since then, and I’m not talking about Weinergate.
Family Health: Key to Addressing Stillbirths
by Becky Ferguson and Gary Darmstadt
April 24, 2011 - 8:59pm (Print)
Stillbirth is a global issue that impacts millions of women and families around the world each year. Sadly, it is also a burden that falls heaviest on the poorest families.
Snipping Pink Sentimentality: Persisting on the Whys of Breast Cancer
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
April 19, 2011 - 9:27am (Print)
If there is evidence that something is bad for human health, Breast Cancer Action believes, quite simply, that it should not be used.
ThinkProgress: Three Anti-Choice Republicans Tell Boehner to Drop Planned Parenthood Rider
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
April 8, 2011 - 3:04pm (Print)
Today, as reported by our colleagues at ThinkProgress, three anti-choice Republicans have urged House Speaker John Boehner to drop the rider seeking to defund Planned Parenthood around which the stalemate on the budget and government shutdown revolve.
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