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Abortion Without Provider Involvement: Exercising Autonomy Beyond Partisan Politics

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The NWHN defends women’s sexual and reproductive health and autonomy against anti-choice threats that seek to undermine access to contraception and abortion care.

Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury in Women

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is caused by a concussion (a blow or jolt to the head) or loss of blood and oxygen supply to the brain.

Development Column: Take a Monthly Stance for Women’s Rights!

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Collective Champions are a special group of the Network’s most passionate and forward-thinking supporters – leaders just like you. They care deeply about investing in our work and do so by contributing each month through automatic monthly gifts.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: What Women Need From the New FDA Commissioner

By: Cindy Pearson , , , ,

Okay, I admit it. Sometimes I try to cheer myself up by turning on some upbeat music and dancing by myself. Although I wouldn’t want anyone to see me bouncing around when I’ve cranked up the music (I’m a lousy dancer), I don’t mind people knowing that one of my favorite cheer-me-up songs is Aretha Franklin’s version of “RESPECT.”

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What Can the Women’s Health Initiative Tell Us About How to Age Healthfully? (Part I)

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Low Fat Diet vs. Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know

Rx for Change: Waiting Room Activism

By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,, , , Deep Dive Articles

“Even the scale I was weighed on had the name of a drug on it – a weight loss drug,” said my friend, after visiting her doctor. If it’s any consolation, the ad wasn’t directed at her.

Harmless Hormones? Bah, Humbug!

By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,, , , , Deep Dive Articles

Do you need your hormones 'balanced?' Some alternative doctors are promoting hormone cocktails to cure what ails you, and if you think nothing ails you, well, maybe that's just your haywire hormones talking.

Wild Yam Cream, Diosgenin, and Natural Progesterone: What Can They Really Do for You?

By: Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD ,, , , , , Deep Dive Articles

Amidst the large and sometimes confusing variety of hormone replacement therapy options, “natural" hormones have been growing in both visibility and popularity. Creams containing wild yam extracts or natural progesterone, or oral natural progesterone preparations are emerging as the HRT...

Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias: A Warrior in the Struggle for Reproductive Rights

By: Kathryn Krase , Deep Dive Articles

An interview with long-time NWHN board member Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, M.D. on her work fighting against sterilization abuse.

Sterilization Abuse: The Policies Behind the Practice

By: Kathryn Krase , Deep Dive Articles

Instead of providing women with access to alternative forms of safe, legal, and reversible contraception, U.S. policy promoted the use of permanent sterilization. By 1968, women of childbearing age in Puerto Rico were more than ten times more likely to...