hysterectomy

Morning Roundup: Montana Judge Orders Hysterectomy

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

March 7, 2011 - 11:08am (Print)

Operation Rescue holds breath, stamps feet about Planned Parenthood funding, Arkansas legislature introduces "fetal pain" bill, will GOP choose budget cuts or denial of women's rights, and a Montana judge orders a hysterectomy against a woman's will.

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My Confession: My Hysterectomy Was the Right Choice (for me)

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reader diary by Lorraine Berry, SUNY Cortland

October 22, 2010 - 5:55pm (Print)

I was told, before I had my hysterectomy, that I was a traitor to feminism and a bad person. I'm here now, five years later, to tell you that my hysterectomy was the best medical decision I've ever made.

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Overused and Underinformed: The Secrets of the Hysterectomy in the U.S.

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by Amie Newman

May 19, 2010 - 2:20pm (Print)

Are hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies without proper informed consent? Women's health advocate, Rep. Carolyn Maloney says possibly.

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Hysterics: Are Hysterectomies Too Common?

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by Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

June 10, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

One in three women has a hysterectomy before her sixtieth birthday. Is such major surgery medically necessary for all those women? And if not, how did this procedure become commonplace?
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