The Dark Side of Birth Control: The Pill Still Has Many Adverse Affects Glossed Over By Big Pharma
Good history of the Pill and how it has helped – and hurt – women. Read article… … Read More
Author Archives: Netguava
50 Year Anniversary of “The Pill”: Are we repeating “the pill’s” history with HRT?
While Gorney, in her article, “The Estrogen Dilemma”‘ acknowledges that women are confronted with a health dilemma when faced with the decision about taking hormones at menopause because of the link to heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer, she brings up the potential for preventative use for depression and alzheimer’s disease. The… Read More
Keep Abortion Safe and Legal? Yes. Make It Rare? Not the Point.
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Anti-abortionists Accuse Women of Color of Genocide
Loretta Ross, SisterSong’s national coordinator, comments on the attack on black women: “They tell African American women that we are now responsible for the genocide of our own people … We are now accused of ‘lynching’ our children in our wombs and practicing white supremacy on ourselves… Read More
Activists Mourn the Loss of Dorothy I. Height
April 22, 2010. Today, women in the women’s movement and people of the civil rights movement mourn the passing of a great leader, Dorothy I. Height. She was a community activist and stood my Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. during his historic “I have a dream” speech,… Read More
Self-help and seeing your cervix
The first time I saw my own cervix was at the Chico Feminist Women’s Health Center in 1975 (now Women’s Health Specialists). A health worker in the clinic demonstrated on herself how to insert the speculum, and using a flashlight and mirror, she looked at her cervix. She beckoned me… Read More
Health Reform and Abortion
Access to abortion services will be continuously under debate about how the logistics of the reform will take place, and the effects of banning coverage for abortion under the Stupak Amendment. Watch the video by the Center for Reproductive Rights on YouTube. Don’t let… Read More
Women’s Health Alerts/News
Welcome to the Women’s Health Alerts and News Blog. Women’s Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women with information and options so that they can make the most informed decisions about their health care. WHS Health Alerts and News strives to inform and guide women on pertinent… Read More
State of Nebraska Restricts Women’s Access to Abortion
On April 13, 2010, the Governor of Nebraska signed an anti-abortion law that will take effect in October. The law makes it illegal to perform abortions after 20 weeks gestation, or after “viability” which is generally thought to be 22 weeks. The only provision for having a legal abortion after… Read More
Women’s Abortion Stories
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