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Crisis Pregnancy Centers: the New Face of Women’s Health Care?
Since we last blogged about Crisis Pregnancy Centers, a new development has increased the threat they pose to women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care. A new initiative by several pro-life groups aims to fund CPCs’ conversion to medical clinics,...
Wrong Women Urged to be tested for Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women but “causes more deaths than any other type female reproductive cancer.” The high fatality rate of ovarian cancer is partially due to the fact that it is difficult to diagnose. Ovarian cancer “is usually quite...
Protecting Health Insurance During Pregnancy
Last week, a Ms. Magazine blog post brought to our attention an important California initiative that would protect women’s health insurance during pregnancy. Unlike most states, California offers Pregnancy Leave up to four months for eligible women and Paid Family...
“Chaining” Social Security Would Harm Women
On July 11th President Obama urged congressional Democrats to make cuts to cost-of-living social security adjustments in return for Republican support for a tax raise. In the words of Maria Freese, Director of Government Relations of the Washington-based National...
Gay Couples Less Likely to Have Access to Health Care Benefits
The Bureau of Labor Statistics added two questions about domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples to their National Compensation Survey, resulting in the first comprehensive count of domestic partner health care benefits by a federal government agency. The...
