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Military Members Fight to Broaden Fertility Treatment Access

May 9, 2024

Veterans and active military members are only eligible for fertility care if they can prove their infertility was caused by their service

More Med Students Avoiding Abortion Ban States

May 9, 2024

For the second year in a row the number of applicants to residency programs dropped in states that have abortion bans in place.

To Talk About Stillbirth

May 9, 2024

Erin Hirshberg writes a devastating but beautiful essay on having a stillbirth at 36 weeks

Endometriosis Is Having a Moment, But Not Soon Enough for Many Patients

May 8, 2024

An essay from Lucy Pasha-Robinson opens with one of the most gripping depictions of endometriosis pain I’ve ever read.

Remembering Kris Hallenga

May 8, 2024

The New York Times has an obituary for Kris Hallenga, who died from breast cancer this week at age 38.

Cancer Society Launches Study of Black Women

May 8, 2024

A study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers.

Menopause’s Doctor Problem

May 8, 2024

Digging into menopause, and specifically how “the medical field is failing menopausal women.”

Maternity Wards Have a Money Problem

May 8, 2024

a deep dive on why hospitals are closing OBGYN units throughout the country, and the answer isn’t the fall of Roe making obstetrical care legally dangerous. It’s far simpler than that: money.

Arizona Dems Get Three Republicans to Join Them, Repeal Abortion Ban

April 28, 2024

The third time was the charm for Arizona state House Democrats, who got three Republicans to join them in repealing the 1864 total abortion ban that was set to go into effect in the coming weeks.

Justices Split on Laws that Lead to Airlifting Sick Pregnant Women Out of Idaho

April 28, 2024

Supreme Court justices seemed split mainly along ideological lines during oral arguments over a federal requirement that hospitals provide emergency care to stabilize a patient, including abortions when necessary.

Forty Percent of Women Report Working Through High Menstrual Pain

April 28, 2024

Shalene Gupta reminds us that unequal pay “is not the only way inequality manifests” among men and women in the workplace.

Ten Years on the Fertility Cycle

April 28, 2024

Writer Lisa McCarty tells her arduous, ten-year journey to having two children. It included four embryo transfers and four miscarriages.

FDA Clears New (to America) Antibiotic for UTIs

April 28, 2024

The FDA approved a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections in women, although the drug has been used in Europe for more than 40 years.

CDC Warns Docs About That Bad Botox

April 24, 2024

The CDC formally warned doctors Tuesday about counterfeit Botox that has sickened 22 people across 11 states.

Preliminary Results Are Good for Non-Surgical Endometriosis Test

April 24, 2024

Hera Biotech company said they got good interim results from clinical trials of their endometriosis diagnostic tool.

Group Wants State AGs to Investigate Crisis Pregnancy Centers

April 24, 2024

A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.

What’s at Stake at SCOTUS? Women’s Lives (Again)

April 24, 2024

The Washington Post has more horror stories of women getting turned away from the ER because they are pregnant, and extreme state abortion bans have scared providers.

More on the Moons’ Menstruation

April 24, 2024

Examining the never-ending allure of menstruation being tied to the cycles of the moon.

Pregnant Women and Their Babies Are Suffering and Dying in Post-Roe America

April 23, 2024

The AP has the dystopian details on what pregnant women face in America after Roe: “One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in.”

What to Expect When You’re (Over 40)

April 23, 2024

I think that most women remember, and may even still have that book on their shelves, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. …Well, there’s no equivalent of that for women over 40. I wrote this book saying to myself, how about what to expect when you expect to live past 40?

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