May 17 Missouri’s GOP-led legislature passes 8-week abortion ban By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press If enacted, the ban would be among the most restrictive in the U.S. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Continue reading
Mar 27 U.S. to require breast density information after mammograms By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration's proposed rules would standardize the information given to millions of women following scans to detect breast cancer. Continue reading
Mar 20 What we know about the FDA’s new postpartum depression drug By Laura Santhanam A new treatment could offer much-needed help to some new mothers with this disorder, but questions remain about how affordable or accessible it will be. Continue reading
Feb 01 Planned Parenthood group from western states adds Indiana, Kentucky in ‘strategic alliance’ By Rick Callahan, Associated Press Planned Parenthood's affiliate overseeing Hawaii and three western states announced Friday that it was adding Indiana and Kentucky, a first-of-its-kind consolidation based not on geography but on reallocating resources to fight new abortion restrictions in the Midwest and South. Continue reading
Aug 15 The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women By Christine Vestal, Stateline Growing evidence suggests that women should receive continuous medical attention during what is now called the “fourth trimester” — a period lasting at least a year after childbirth. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 7:59 Why do pregnant women get confusing guidance about alcohol? By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin How much alcohol can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a difficult to diagnose condition, sometimes called an "invisible disability"? Doctors don't know. While official guidelines say no amount of alcohol is safe to drink during pregnancy, women often receive mixed… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 3:19 How giving black women time for self-care benefits the whole community Black women carry the trauma of systemic racism and serving other people before taking care of themselves, and it's killing them, say GirlTrek founders Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison. Dixon and Garrison give their Brief but Spectacular take on mobilizing… Continue watching
Mar 23 Analysis: California’s forced sterilization programs once harmed thousands, especially Latinas By Nicole L. Novak and Natalie Lira, The Conversation In the first half of the 20th century, approximately 60,000 people were sterilized under U.S. eugenics programs. California led the nation in this effort at social engineering. Continue reading
Jan 05 The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica Garner By Christen A. Smith, The Conversation An anthropologist, who studies the impact of police violence on black communities, examines the ways that police violence kills black women slowly through trauma, pain and loss. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:37 Impact of ‘global gag rule’ goes beyond abortion for these health groups in Kenya By Fred de Sam Lazaro The so-called global gag rule, which cuts off some U.S. government aid to health agencies that offer or mention abortion services, has been reinstated by every Republican president going back to Reagan. But the Trump administration has gone much further,… Continue watching