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EVERYTHING
Women End Up Waiting Longer for Pain Treatment
What: A study from the US and Israel found that women in pain end up waiting longer than men for treatment. Women were also less likely to be prescribed pain medication.
Key line: “As part of the study, the researchers also ran an experiment to test their hypothesis. They provided 109 nurses with anecdotes about patients’ pain and found that the nurses rated female patients’ pain as less intense than male patients.”
Source: Washington Post
FERTILITY
Fertility Challenges Hit 13% of US Women
What: Kaiser Family Foundation is out with a survey on fertility care, finding that 13% of women ages 18 to 49 saying they or their partner needed fertility care at some point.
Key line: “Among reproductive age women who reported needing fertility services at some point, 12% (2% of all reproductive age women) say they did not receive these services and cost was the primary reason”
Source: KFF
ABORTION ACCESS
Abortions Are Up, Even in Ban States
What: Abortions increased in 10 out 13 abortion ban states between 2020 and 2023, according to the “most comprehensive account” since Roe fell, conducted by WeCount. The numbers increased in many ban states due to mail-order pills.
Key line: “‘It’s a surprise to everyone,’ said David S. Cohen, co-author of the coming book ‘After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion’ and a law professor at Drexel University. ‘I think most people thought there would be creativity and determination that would still get a lot of people abortions once Roe v. Wade was overturned. But I don’t think anyone thought it would stay the same, let alone go up.’”
Source: New York Times
Federal Protection for Abortion Won’t Bring Us Back
What: The Atlantic’s Kristen Brown explains that even *if* Democrats manage to pass a federal right to abortion next year (something that would require big wins across the board and undoing the filibuster), America can’t return to what it had before. Too many providers have already left ban states, and the trigger laws put in place before Roe fell won’t immediately come undone.
Key line: “Even if new federal abortion protections were passed into law tomorrow, restoring nationwide access would still likely take significant time. Clinics, for instance, need real estate and doctors and lots and lots of capital to open or move—that’s partly why, after a 2016 Supreme Court case struck down a Texas law designed to force clinics out of business, the number of providers in the state a year later remained a fraction of what it was before.”
Source: The Atlantic
MENOPAUSE
Finally, Some Data on Perimenopause
What: Oura ring has a report out crunching the data on perimenopause among its wearers, and how it affects their health. Some of the biggest changes? Loss of sleep, increased anger, and a drop in “heart rate variability” (higher is generally better).
Key line: “By quantifying the physical and emotional impacts of perimenopause through objective data, Oura’s report could help validate women’s experiences and inform better treatment approaches. The ability to track and document symptoms through wearable technology might also
empower women in their conversations with healthcare providers.”
Source: FemTech Insider
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