Sensationalizing Drug Use in Pregnant Women: How the Media Perpetuates Racist...
Well before anyone could be certain of how Whitney Houston died, several news outlets rushed to describe her as a “crack cocaine user.” And in all likelihood many will think of the popular singer as...
View ArticleOn International Women’s Day, Let’s Celebrate Our Success – Not Dismantle It
Today is International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements and acknowledging their contributions to society. In 2012, we have much to celebrate. Women’s health and rights...
View ArticleUnited Nations Commission on the Status of Women Fails to Uphold Women’s...
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meets every year for two weeks to review progress on implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women’s Beijing Platform for Action adopted in...
View Article“Pro-life” Nebraska Governor to Veto Legislation Guaranteeing Prenatal Care...
Prenatal care… this should be one area where both sides of the abortion debate can come together, hold hands singing Kumbayah and work toward ensuring access for all women, regardless of their creed,...
View ArticleIn Startling Move of Consistency, Nebraska Legislature Overrides Governor’s...
The Nebraska Legislature has been embroiled in a conservative controversy. The issue at hand has been pre-natal care for immigrant women. The angels and devils sitting on the shoulders and whispering...
View ArticleMaternity Care in a “Majority Minority” Country
Two weeks ago the news from the Census Bureau that non-white children make up the majority of those under the age of one year created a firestorm of media headlines across the nation. These demographic...
View ArticleThe 2012 Global Family Planning Summit: Will Issues Be Adequately Addressed?
See all our coverage of the 2012 Global Family Planning Summit here. In mid-July, world leaders will gather in London to discuss a real and urgent need: increased funding for family planning. Over the...
View ArticleSTOKING FIRE: In Iraq, High Rates of Cancer and Birth Defects Linked to Use...
It’s said that wars never end for those whose lives they touch, and it’s true. Take Iraq—a place that surely proves the maxim that war is not healthy for children or other living things. To wit:...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Birth Centers Are a Quality Option for Low-Risk Births
Two weeks ago the American Association of Birth Centers and the American College of Nurse-Midwives released the findings from a new study. This study looked at a sampling of 15,000 births occurring in...
View ArticleWould a North Carolina Bill Ban Minors From Buying Pregnancy Tests? (UPDATED)
Update, May 8, 3:23 pm Eastern: After debate in the house Wednesday afternoon, HB 693 was referred back to committee for reworking. RH Reality Check will keep you updated on the bill’s movement....
View ArticleFamily Planning Is Key to Healthy Pregnancies and Births
In the United States, an estimated 11,300 babies die each year on the day they are born, according to a new report from Save the Children. The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the...
View ArticleFour Right-Wing Lawmakers Exploiting the Gosnell Case to Pass Anti-Choice Laws
It was predictable that, in the illegal and deplorable actions of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of murder and involuntary manslaughter earlier this month for deaths he caused at his...
View ArticleThe Cost of a Woman’s Life
Cross-posted with permission from the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Even though Naimah* had sought care a couple of times during her pregnancy at a clinic near her village in...
View ArticleHow to Engage Women in Maternal Newborn and Child Health Advocacy and Services
Below is a presentation by Alice Welbourn given on May 29th, 2013 at Women Deliver on a Panel hosted by the H4+, in support of the global initiative Every Woman, Every Child, and the Inter-agency Task...
View ArticleWhy a 20-Week Abortion Ban Is Unthinkable: One Woman’s Near-Death Experience
“If a woman grows weary and at last dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her only die from bearing; she is there to do it.”—Martin Luther. When Martin Luther penned his now infamous words—”let...
View ArticleTurnout Thin for Lila Rose ‘March on Media’
Outside a nondescript office building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 150 or so people, many wearing dayglo green t-shirts, gathered on the sidewalk for a “march on media” convened by Lila Rose,...
View ArticleWhat We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us: The Need for Chemical Policy Reform
When pregnant, I was lucky enough to receive excellent prenatal care. Still, I was bombarded—and frankly, sometimes overwhelmed—with messages about what to do and what to avoid during pregnancy. And...
View ArticleStabenow: Cruz ‘Fauxlibuster’ Clips Would Make Great Obamacare Ads
Click here for all our coverage of the government shutdown. As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was winding down his 20-hour seizure of the Senate, arguing for a measure that would shut down the federal...
View ArticleFocusing on Women’s Health as the UN Looks Ahead to a New Development Framework
Dignitaries from around the world have been meeting this week in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the development framework that will follow the Millennium Development...
View ArticleWhere the Safety Net Won’t Catch Us: How Obamacare Fails Black Women on...
This piece is published in collaboration with Echoing Ida, a Strong Families project. Click here for all our coverage of the health insurance exchange rollout as part of the Affordable Care Act. I am...
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