Author Archives: Netguava

Urgent Action: Stop Congress from ending abortion coverage!

January 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill that could end insurance coverage for abortion services, even though most plans provide it now. This is yet another insidious, ideological attack on women’s health. We can’t let these anti-choice extremists get away with… Read More

Balancing Rights and Protecting Women’s Access

January 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

Author: Cindy Pearson, Executive Director, National Women’s Health Network Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of a law creating a buffer zone around the entrance of facilities that provide abortion care. Many years ago,… Read More

Women Deserve Full Information About Birth Control Ring

December 20, 2013 - 0 Comments

Author: Cindy Pearson, Executive Director, National Women’s Health Network Date: Fri, December 13, 2013 Twenty three years ago I stood before an FDA committee and asked the FDA and Pharma to give women who wanted to use hormonal contraception more choices than just implants or pills. … Read More

Not all FREE Samples are Beneficial!

September 19, 2013 - 0 Comments

Over 30 years ago the World Health Organization established a code that would prohibit the marketing of breast-milk substitutes in health care facilities and giving out free samples to pregnant women and mothers. According to the World Health Organization only 20% of countries actually follow that… Read More

Ask Governor Brown to Stand with California Women and Families

September 18, 2013 - 0 Comments

We’re so close to expanding abortion access for women in California! AB 154, the Early Abortion Access bill, is headed to Governor Brown’s desk. Let him know that you stand with California women and families by asking him to continue his leadership on reproductive health by… Read More