Health Alerts For Women
Today marks the first major milestone for national health reform. It’s been six months since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. […] Read More
Her agency will release this list by Sept 23, and will be implemented as guidelines for the Women’s Health Amendment to the new health reform law. […] Read More
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Read MoreThe rapid incursion of pharmaceutical industry influence into sex research and professional education in the 1990s provoked our “New View” campaign in 2000. Our goal is to expose […] Read More
A new study shows that, in 2003, the year after the estrogen-progestin arm of the WHI was stopped, breast cancer rates plummeted by seven percent. Read more…
Read MoreElla allows a woman to “back up her birth control”, not just the morning after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure, but up to five days after unprotected sex. Read more…
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Read MoreIn order to combat the stigma and shame of abortion, we at Women’s Health Specialists know the tremendous impact that women can have by sharing their stories. Not […] Read More
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Read MoreThe coverage will only be allowed in cases of rape, incest or danger to the woman’s life, according to a press statement from the Department of Health and Human Services […] Read More
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Read MoreRead more about Lana Phelan on Carol Downer’s web site, and more about Lana’s life, in her obituary, and the National Organization for Women’s web site.
Read Morevoted unanimously June 18, 2010 to recommend approval of a new prescription emergency contraceptive, ulipristal acetate. Read the National Women’s Health Network’s News Alert, and the New York […] Read More
Since health care reform was signed into law, many states have taken advantage of the law’s abortion provisions to restrict access to abortion coverage. Click here to read article.
Read MoreMany obstacles cause physicians to exclude abortion from their practices. These hurdles add to the ongoing stigma of abortion providers, and threaten the accessibility of women’s health care. Read article.
Read MoreBarbara Ehrenreich, in her blog post in December 2009, took on the “pink ribbon culture” and calls for unbiased research, not funded by drug companies. Read blog post
Read MoreI had the right to make that decision and I expect my fellow Americans to completely support that right, even if they disagree with my decision. […] Read More