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What Happens to Health Research When ‘Women’ Is a Banned Word?

What: The 19th has a deep dive on how the Trump administration’s focus on cutting “DEI” has caused widespread uncertainty among researchers who specifically focus on women’s health. Just one example of research that had money pulled? A Columbia grad student studied the “biomechanics of uterine fibroids — tissue growths that can cause severe pain, bleeding and even infertility. Uterine fibroids, an under-researched condition, impact up to 77 percent of women as they age.”

Key Line: “‘I want every generation to be healthier than the last, and I’m worried we may have some real setbacks,’ said Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, a professor and clinician at Johns Hopkins University.”

Source: The 19th

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