Author Archives: Netguava

California budget deal builds reserve, changes welfare rule

June 10, 2016 - By Jim Miller, Sac Bee - 0 Comments

Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature have reached agreement on a budget for the coming fiscal year that repeals a long-criticized rule limiting welfare payments for people who have more children, as well as making an optional $2 billion deposit into the state’s… Read More

Pregnant with an IUD: The Story of My Abortion

June 2, 2016 - 0 Comments

It still isn’t clear what I should do about the tiny piece of metal inside me. It seems dangerous now. For so long it was a faithful friend, but now it’s a foreign object lodged next to embryonic cells inside of me — I can’t believe… Read More

Hormone Risk Throughout the Lifespan

May 9, 2016 - By Christina Cherel, National Women's Health Network - 0 Comments

Millions of women take hormones every day, and yet many don’t fully realize the risks. People often forget that the birth control pill, revolutionary, game-changing medicine, is in fact, a drug. In its early form, “the Pill” had such high hormone levels and negative side effects that women, and… Read More

BIG News from the FDA Today!

March 30, 2016 - By nwhn.org - 0 Comments

Today, the FDA announced major (and long overdue!) changes to the Mifeprex® (medication abortion pill) label.   Since its approval in 2000, medication abortion has proven to be an extremely safe… Read More