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Study: Health Reform Has Positive Effects for Women and Their Families
A recent study on the impact of Massachusetts health care reform on women’s health reveals how important access to convenient and affordable health care can be for women and their families. On August 26, Kelly Blanchard and Amanda Dennis summarized the study’s...
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: the New Face of Women’s Health Care?
Since we last blogged about Crisis Pregnancy Centers, a new development has increased the threat they pose to women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care. A new initiative by several pro-life groups aims to fund CPCs’ conversion to medical clinics,...
Wrong Women Urged to be tested for Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women but “causes more deaths than any other type female reproductive cancer.” The high fatality rate of ovarian cancer is partially due to the fact that it is difficult to diagnose. Ovarian cancer “is usually quite...
Protecting Health Insurance During Pregnancy
Last week, a Ms. Magazine blog post brought to our attention an important California initiative that would protect women’s health insurance during pregnancy. Unlike most states, California offers Pregnancy Leave up to four months for eligible women and Paid Family...
“Chaining” Social Security Would Harm Women
On July 11th President Obama urged congressional Democrats to make cuts to cost-of-living social security adjustments in return for Republican support for a tax raise. In the words of Maria Freese, Director of Government Relations of the Washington-based National...
