Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make choices over their healthcare, contraception, or sex lives, a new United Nations report launched on Wednesday, has revealed.
A woman receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine from nurse Gina Reed at a vaccination center at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on March 5, 2021.
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The CDC and FDA have...
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On the same day that the Biden administration inexplicably halted administration of the lifesaving Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration is now allowing mifepristone and misoprostol, pills used to induce abortions, to be sold...
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(MedPage Today) -- Alirocumab (Praluent) racked up another indication, with FDA approval as an add-on for adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).
Their hospital caught on fire, but these Russian surgeons plugged on for 2 hours...
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(MedPage Today) -- New HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has a biography that may well have been created in a Republican war-room. As California Attorney General, he fought the Little Sisters of the Poor in court over the Affordable Care Act's...
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Two men, Raheem and Taufiq have surrendered as culprits behind the desecration of the Koragajja Katte Temple, Mangalore. Not only have they confessed to their crimes, but they have also named a third accomplice, Nawaz, who was the main culprit....
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Vox: “Kelley v. Becerra is the fourth round of litigation attacking major provisions of the Affordable Care Act. It seeks to take out several provisions of Obamacare governing which forms of preventive care — things like birth control or...
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The abortion industry has done some stupid things over the years—like putting forceps on its Christmas trees, fundraising on Mother’s Day, opening abortion “spas,” hosting condom art contests, and offering Black Friday...
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A review of vaccine safety data found blood clots were most common in women under 55.
Getting a COVID-19 vaccine will not increase your risk of blood clots.
But the birth control pill, pregnancy, and obesity can lead to a...
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At around 4 A.M., two veteran union reps whipped votes outside the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, and swapped stories of past organizing efforts at Piggly Wigglys and a condom factory in Eufaula.
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Fights over President Biden’s nominees to lead the Department of Health and Human Services have centered on transgender policies, abortion and contraception coverage.
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A compound distilled from an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine could become a birth control pill for men if the results in animals are confirmed in humans. Medscape Medical News
I believe in reproductive freedom, or as Hillary Thomas would say, libertad reproductiva. Every woman has the right to use or not use whatever birth control she wants. Every woman has the right to a timely and safe abortion. Every woman has the...
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Reproductive coercion is a distinctive type of domestic abuse that includes birth control sabotage, pregnancy coercion and controlling pregnancy outcome, experts say.
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Reproductive coercion is a distinctive type of domestic abuse that includes birth control sabotage, pregnancy coercion and controlling pregnancy outcome, experts say.
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FRIDAY, March 12, 2021 -- Millions of women worldwide lost access to birth control and other family planning services due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says.
The agency estimates that 12...
One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said on Thursday that an estimated 12 million women have experienced disruptions to their family planning services.
Cops stopped 29-year-old Andrew Howard as he was running from the Shell station on Market Street Tuesday night. They say they stopped Howard thinking there may have been a theft. Howard told police he went into the store to buy condoms and cigar...
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The condom was invented more than 5,000 years ago. While it's made some strides since then, men are still left with few options for birth control, besides a vasectomy.
It's not due to a lack of interest, but a lack of funding for research -...
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