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Women’s Health

  1. politics
    Sarah Silverman Slid Into Ivanka Trump’s DMs to Tell Her to Stand Up for WomenSurprise: It didn’t work.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  2. politics
    White House to Roll Back Federal Rule Requiring Employers to Cover Birth ControlEmployers could decline to cover birth control if it conflicts with their religious beliefs.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  3. politics
    Trump’s Budget Proposes Kicking Planned Parenthood Out of All Federal ProgramsIt goes beyond just blocking the organization from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  4. Having a Glass of Wine Each Day Could Increase Your Breast Cancer RiskA new study linked 10 grams of alcohol per day to heightened breast cancer risk.
    By Lisa Ryan
  5. parenthood
    The Crazy-Making Sophistication of Modern At-Home Pregnancy TestsHow forces have conspired to create the “pee-stick fugue state.”
    By Lydia Kiesling
  6. politics
    Planned Parenthood Forced to Shut Down 4 Clinics in IowaIf the Affordable Health Care Act passes, the same thing could happen in many other states.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  7. Trump Expands Abortion-Funding Rule That Will Affect Women’s Health WorldwideIt will now affect $9 billion in aid for groups fighting malaria, Ebola, HIV, and more.
    By Lisa Ryan
  8. politics
    For Women’s Health Week, Trump Promotes Bill That Could Hurt WomenTrump’s statement is a little contradictory.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  9. Woman Awarded $110 Million in Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Cancer LawsuitThe largest award yet in suits linking baby powder to ovarian cancer.
    By Lisa Ryan
  10. Women Share Their Health-Care Stories With #IAmAPreexistingConditionThey’re using #IAmAPreexistingCondition to share their own conditions.
    By Lisa Ryan
  11. politics
    Nancy Pelosi Says Democrats’ Focus on Abortion Access Is Hurting the PartyShe blamed Clinton’s loss on Democrats’ focus on social issues, including abortion.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  12. politics
    Trump Taps Anti-Abortion Advocate to Lead Family-Planning ProgramTeresa Manning is an anti-abortion advocate who has questioned the “efficacy” of birth control.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. Advocacy Group’s New Website Helps Women Safely Self-Induce Abortions With DrugsThe online service is an “information-delivery project.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  14. horrible things
    Another Michigan Doctor Was Arrested for Female Genital MutilationDr. Fakhruddin Attar’s case is connected to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala’s from last week.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  15. abortion access
    Abortion-Clinic Protests Reached Their Highest Level Yet in 2016And negative online commentary on abortions has more than tripled since the election.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. horrible things
    Michigan Doctor Charged With Performing Female Genital MutilationDr. Jumana Nagarwala is involved in what is believed to be the first FGM-related criminal case in the United States.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  17. all by myself
    Here’s Why Your Period Isn’t Really Synced Up to Your Friends’A study found women’s menstrual cycles don’t sync up.
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. women’s health
    Missouri Lawmakers Joke That Women Who Want Abortions Should Get Them at the ZooThey lamented that zoos are more regulated than abortion clinics.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  19. Shonda Rhimes Is Joining Planned Parenthood’s National Board“The fact is that women’s health is under fire right now.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  20. More Than 1 in 5 U.S. Adults Were Infected With HPV Between 2013 and 2014The figure increases to 42 percent for all forms of genital HPV, according to a CDC report.
    By Lisa Ryan
  21. politics
    Trump Administration Strips Reproductive-Health Organization of U.S. FundsThe move is a blow to women’s health care around the world.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  22. politics
    New Arizona Law Requires Doctors to Treat Fetuses ‘Born Alive’ During AbortionsWhich almost never happens.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  23. This New State Law Requires Doctors to Investigate Women Seeking AbortionsHB 1434 purports to ban sex-selection abortions, but requires doctors to go through women’s medical records.
    By Lisa Ryan
  24. 52 Percent of Men Say They Don’t Benefit From Women Accessing Birth ControlHow do they think this works?
    By Claire Landsbaum
  25. GOP Senator Apologizes After Mocking Breast-Cancer Screening Coverage“I sure don’t want my mammogram benefits taken away.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  26. politics
    The New Health-Care Bill Could Mean Insurance Doesn’t Have to Cover PregnancyRepublicans are lobbying to ditch Obamacare’s essential health benefits.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  27. politics
    Mike Pence Is Receiving a ‘Working for Women’ AwardOkay, then.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  28. Nearly 25 Million Women in the U.S. Don’t Have Access to Infertility ServicesA new study found 40 percent of women of reproductive age lack access to assisted-reproductive-technology clinics.
    By Lisa Ryan
  29. Kansas Lawmaker Compares Planned Parenthood to Nazi Concentration CampState Senator Steve Fitzgerald made the comment after learning a donation had been made in his name.
    By Lisa Ryan
  30. politics
    Defunding Planned Parenthood Would Lead to Thousands More BirthsEspecially for low-income women.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  31. Failed Fertility Treatments May Increase Your Cardiac Risk, a New Study FoundA study found women who don’t get pregnant after fertility treatments may be at risk, but researchers say that shouldn’t deter you from seeking them.
    By Lisa Ryan
  32. politics
    GOP Lawmaker Wonders Aloud Why Men Should Pay for Prenatal CareRepublican Representative John Shimkus objects to certain “mandates” in Obamacare.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  33. drugstore doctor
    Will Cranberry Juice Cure My UTI?Experts reveal whether it really can help treat and prevent these uncomfortable infections.
    By Lisa Ryan
  34. huzzah
    Birth Control Is More Effective Than Before, a New Study FoundFailure rates of contraceptives have dropped in recent years.
    By Lisa Ryan
  35. Ebola Fighter Dies After Hospital Staff Refuses to Help HerShe was a Time magazine 2014 Person of the Year.
    By Lisa Ryan
  36. Inside the Extra-Exclusive World of Boutique Egg-FreezingThe Silicon Valley take on the fertility clinic feels “more like a café” than a medical facility.
    By Angelina Chapin
  37. women’s health
    ‘Abortion Reversal’ Bill Based on ‘Junk Science’ Passes Indiana’s House“This is for the women who take the first step and regret it.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  38. Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Says Women Are Merely ‘Hosts’“What I call them is, is you’re a ‘host.’”
    By Lisa Ryan
  39. horrible things
    Michigan Woman Forced to Give Birth on Floor of Jail CellThe sheriff defended the decision.
    By Jenni Miller
  40. cabinet of horrors
    Trump’s New Health Secretary Could Be Disastrous for WomenThe Georgia congressman is almost as bad as Mike Pence.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  41. Here’s How Jobs With Heavy Lifting or Night Shifts Can Harm a Woman’s FertilitySuch positions can reduce a woman’s egg reserves.
    By Lisa Ryan
  42. skin deep
    We Finally Know How Gabrielle Union Ages Slower Than Everyone ElseThe answer does not involve lemon water or sweating.
    By Kathleen Hou
  43. This New Arkansas Law Could Allow Fathers to Block AbortionsEven in cases of spousal rape or incest.
    By Lisa Ryan
  44. What Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch Could Mean for Women’s HealthGorsuch could pose a risk to reproductive rights.
    By Lisa Ryan
  45. Erin Andrews Opens Up About Her Battle Against Cervical CancerThe diagnosis came after her peephole-video trial.
    By Lisa Ryan
  46. Contrary to What Spicer Says, Taxpayer Dollars Don’t Fund Abortions OverseasDissecting Sean Spicer’s statement about the Mexico City Policy.
    By Lisa Ryan
  47. Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Marchers Came Face-to-Face at the MarchThey had warring chants.
    By Lisa Ryan
  48. from the archives
    The Year New York Almost Lost the Right to ChoosePolitics and service journalism from the early era of legal abortion.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  49. abortion rights 2017
    What Abortion Looks Like in America Right NowSeven stories about a pro-choice movement under attack.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  50. Iowa Lawmakers Suggest Women Go to a Dentist Instead of Planned ParenthoodThe list of women’s-health providers state lawmakers said they’d be happy to fund included a few questionable choices.
    By Lisa Ryan
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