HealthyWomen: 35 Years of Engaging, Educating and Empowering Women
August 17, 2022, is National Nonprofit Day. HealthyWomen’s original founder, Violet Bowen-Hugh, M.D., was a force of nature. Born and
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Top Facts You Need to Know About Medical Abortion
A medical abortion is one way to end an early pregnancy using prescription medication. Complications are very rare, and this
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By Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News and Victoria Knight It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking
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By Jennifer R. Grandis, University of California, San Francisco Women have been entering academic medicine at nearly the same rate
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As told to Erica Rimlinger One evening during my senior year of college in Texas, I was hanging out at
Read moreThe ACA guarantees full contraceptive coverage. Why are women getting denied?
As Whitney* approached the end of her medical residency more than two years ago, she discovered a new birth control
Read moreBritney’s Conservatorship Is One Example of How the Legacy of Eugenics in the US Continues to Affect the Lives of Disabled Women
By Michaela Kathleen Curran, University of Iowa Britney Spears has been locked in a court battle 13 years in the
Read moreWomen Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard to Get Drug for Postpartum Depression
By April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News When Miriam McDonald decided she wanted to have another baby at age 44,
Read moreContraception Is Free to Women, Except When It’s Not
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News For Stephanie Force, finding a birth control method that she likes and can get
Read moreAbortion Opponents Are Chipping Away at Reproductive Rights — One State at a Time
For Laurie Roberts, helping women access abortion care means seeing them jump through one hoop after another. As co-director of
Read more15 Minutes With Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell has long been an advocate for women and children. She is a founder and past chair of
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