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Pregnant and Scared? How Fake Clinics Prey on Women
By: NWHN Staff Abortion, Abortion Access, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Health Care Access, Pro Choice Deep Dive Articles, Health InfoFake clinics outnumber real ones four to one, with dangerous consequences for women’s health.
Pioneer Midwives, A Surgeon with a Secret, and Other Women’s Health Heroes You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
By: Adele Costa Women's History Month Deep Dive ArticlesIn honor of Women’s History Month, our team at the National Women’s Health Network dug deep into the archives to bring you the lives of five lesser-known historical women in medicine. Read on to learn all about them and their important contributions to the health care landscape today. Warning – you just may fall into a few biographical rabbit holes!
Food Pantries, Pandemic Pivots, and Preventing the “2nd Closet” for LGBTQ Seniors
By: Adele Costa LGBTQ, Older Women, Raising Women's Voices, Regional Coordinators Deep Dive ArticlesRead on for an exclusive look inside the Montrose Center in Houston, Texas.
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Pregnant and Scared? How Fake Clinics Prey on Women
By: NWHN Staff ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Health Care Access, Pro Choice Deep Dive Articles,Health InfoFake clinics outnumber real ones four to one, with dangerous consequences for women's health.
The Intersection between Environmental Justice and Women’s Health Updated: Apr 20, 2022
Pioneer Midwives, A Surgeon with a Secret, and Other Women’s Health Heroes You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
By: Adele Costa ,Women's History Month Deep Dive ArticlesIn honor of Women’s History Month, our team at the National Women’s Health Network dug deep into the archives to bring you the lives of five lesser-known historical women in medicine. Read on to learn all about them and their...
Food Pantries, Pandemic Pivots, and Preventing the “2nd Closet” for LGBTQ Seniors
By: Adele Costa ,LGBTQ, Older Women, Raising Women's Voices, Regional Coordinators Deep Dive ArticlesRead on for an exclusive look inside the Montrose Center in Houston, Texas.
S.B.8, AKA the Texas Abortion Ban
By: Adele Costa ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Abortion Restrictions, Supreme Court Deep Dive Articles,Policy UpdatesWhat happened, what the NWHN is doing about it, and how you can help.
The Trump and Biden Administrations: A Tug-of-War Between Religious Freedoms and Queer Rights
By: Kristen Batstone ,LGBTQ, Trump Administration Deep Dive ArticlesIn the last five years, the LGBTQ+ community has endured countless attacks from Republican lawmakers and the Trump Administration - who prioritized religious freedoms over human rights. During his first six months in office, President Biden has spent most of...
The Hyde Amendment is gone…so what’s next?
By: Kristen Batstone ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Abortion Coverage, Abortion Restrictions, Helms Amendment, Hyde Amendment Deep Dive Articles,UncategorizedThe NWHN applauds President Biden for excluding the Hyde Amendment from his budget proposal. But we must stay vigilant. The Weldon Amendment and the Helms Amendment pose similar dangers to abortion access.
Juneteenth: A Time to Celebrate, Reflect, and, Ultimately, Act
By: Adele Costa ,Black Women, Racism Deep Dive ArticlesOn June 19th, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas gathered at the Ashton Villa to learn their fate. Union General Gordon and over 2,000 federal troops had just occupied the territory, and there were rumors surging that the Civil...
Male Contraceptives – Surprising New Developments
By: Kristen Batstone ,Contraceptive Coverage Deep Dive ArticlesMale contraceptives are of growing interest to researchers and the population. Read on for surprising new developments in male contraceptives. Updated: Aug 24, 2022
What do we know about the J&J vaccine safety in women?
By: M. Isabelle Chaudry ,COVID-19 Deep Dive ArticlesThe NWHN is closely following the emerging information on the safety of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine. An unusual type of blood clot has been reported to occur in six women after they received the J&J vaccine. One woman died and...