What: You may not want to hear about him, but Donald Trump is the most likely nominee to be up against President Joe Biden in November. And last night he bragged about the fall of Roe vs. Wade, saying it was “a miracle” that he made happen.
Why it matters: Trump also told Republicans that they couldn’t fully ban abortion – not because he cares about women’s lives, but because they’d lose elections.
Source: CBS
Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.
Josseli Barnica was excited to be pregnant with her second child but suffered a miscarriage at 17 weeks. Instead of helping the miscarriage progress, doctors let her suffer for 40 hours because her fetus still had a heartbeat.
While around 80% of Medicaid patients paid nothing for labor and delivery, 60% of people on commercial insurance paid $1,000 or more out of pocket.
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
The head of Donald Trump’s transition team was on CNN last night, and he spent a lot time praising RFK Jr.’s debunked theories that childhood vaccines cause autism.
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
“They said ‘we think it’s very inappropriate for you to say so.’ I said ‘Why? I’m president, I want to protect the women.’”
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
What: The New York Times combs through VP Kamala Harris’ record on abortion from her days as a prosecutor, finding an “unwavering conviction” that women
Kidney disease in women has nearly tripled in the past 30 years, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as some of the leading causes.
Women with type 2 diabetes who got a GLP-1 medication were less likely to develop new fibroids than women who just took metformin, a diabetes medication.
An essay from Rachel Manteuffel on her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment that manages to be funny while also tackling the wrenching choice to have chemotherapy or not after a mastectomy.
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
Combing through the data to explain why most late term abortions happen (hint: it’s fetal anomalies and not convenience.)
This is a story that captures the moral challenges and nuance that arise when you mix the law and pregnancy.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
An analysis of over 18,000 adults found that signs of sleep apnea are correlated with a higher chance of having dementia, especially among women.
A deep dive on drinking and examining why people reacted far more swiftly to the news that smoking causes cancer than they have for alcohol—especially breast cancer.