In honour of May, 4, the day that recognizes how important midwives are worldwide, it is even more important to recognize what happens in countries without midwives or access to reliable healthcare. Tanzania, for example, has a dangerously low number of women’s health care professionals and midwives. Because of this, it is one of the ...
Idaho lawmaker Chuck Winder is on to women. He knows that we have been duping America to get rid of our pregnancies guilt-free. He knows that we are just a bunch of scheming, lying women’s libbers. Or at least that’s what his latest bill makes it sound like. Winder said Monday that women use rape as ...
Katie Evans is 26-year-old woman suffering from breast cancer. Even though her employers have a group plan for disability insurance, she is not qualified for long-term disability payments. “I didn’t think I was going to have to fight cancer — and then fight with this insurance company,” she says. Katie found a lump in her ...
You’re laying there on your back waiting, anticipating the dreaded cold metal tongs. Getting your Pap smear is never a fun experience, but it’s essential. Think of it as cervical upkeep. If there’s any type of cancer that health care professionals can detect early, it’s cervical. That is, if you’re getting a test done regularly. ...
We shouldn’t need an official report to enlighten us about the situation of mothers around the world. We should already know. It’s all well and good for Save the Children to give us a yearly report of what mothers are facing from the top of Mommyville (Norway) to the pits of it (Afghanistan). People need ...
I am sick and tired of health professionals treating me like an imbecile. I recently went to a family planning clinic and had to fight to get the contraception I wanted. I have also had conversations with well-meaning doctors ordering me not to take certain contraceptive options. They don’t understand that it’s my body, my choice, ...
Everybody loves to hate Sarah Palin, especially me. But enough is enough. A new article in the New York Times slams her for calling herself a feminist while not being enough of one. The authors attack her for being the face of women in politics, but for not being liberal enough for the title. What ...
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