Five Things You Should Know About the New Report on Low Abortion Rates in the U.S.
The Guttmacher Institute released a studytoday showing that in 2011, abortion rates reached a low…
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Put Down What You’re Doing Right Now And Go Get Covered
Put Down What You’re Doing Right Now And Go #GetCovered
Hey there tiny dancers, crazy diamonds, and console cowgirls. Do you know what Monday is? Monday is March 31, your last day to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.The LAST ONE. If you don’t have health insurance — which many Autostraddle readers and even Autostraddle staff members don’t — this is crunch time for you to make the miracle happen. And having health insurance…
SCOTUS: Religious Beliefs Trump Reproductive Health, Corporations Have First Amendment Rights
SCOTUS: Religious Beliefs Trump Reproductive Health, Corporations Have First Amendment Rights
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Today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling on the controversial Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc case, in which the owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores argued that due to their religious convictions, they should not be required to cover access to certain contraceptives, as the Affordable Care Act requires. The Supreme Court has…
Wait What Is Even Happening With the Affordable Care Act: A Tale of Two Rulings
Wait What Is Even Happening With the Affordable Care Act: A Tale of Two Rulings
The DC Court of Appeals and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals both handed down rulings on health care subsidies today with totally conflicting opinions. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in King v. Burwellthat health care subsidies should be available to all who have purchased insurance on the health care exchange, as the IRS is currently providing. The DC Court of Appeals ruled…
In Terrifying Health News, Uterine Cancer Treatment Procedure Might Actually Spread Cancer
In Terrifying Health News, Uterine Cancer Treatment Procedure Might Actually Spread Cancer
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This April, the Food and Drug Administration held hearings to evaluate a minimally invasive surgery known as “morcellation” and stated that it should be discouraged.
Morcellation is a method for performing a hysterectomy, which is the removal of the uterus to prevent the spread of cancer. In morcellation, a device (cleverly called a “morcellator”) is used to cut the…
In Final Hours Of 2013, Sotomayor Blocked Obamacare, Dropped Ball On Women’s Health
Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a temporary stay on enforcement of the…
Vermont, New York: Glimmers of Hope In Bleak Sea Of Abortion News
If you’ve been paying attention at all to news about reproductive health in the past few years, you…
The Kyriarchy Is Killing Us: Survey Says LGBT Women Poorer, Less Healthy Than Everyone Else
The Kyriarchy Is Killing Us: Survey Says LGBT Women Poorer, Less Healthy Than Everyone Else
Because of sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and institutionalized discrimination, LGBT women are less healthy and less wealthy than everyone else in America. This is not a drill. The kyriarchy is killing us.
Recently-released survey results from the Gallup Well-Being Projectspotlighted the differences between LGBT and non-LGBT men and women’s physical, social, financial, and community…
When We Talk Reproductive Justice, We Need to Talk About Surrogate Parents
When We Talk Reproductive Justice, We Need to Talk About Surrogate Parents
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Surrogacy affords many people an alternative way to bring a child into the world. Whether a person is infertile or cannot deliver a baby without medical risk, or a couple is biologically unable to reproduce together without medical intervention — as may be the case for some queer couples — surrogacy enables a person with a uterus to carry a child on behalf of the…
Scary New Tennessee Law Already Punishing Women for Behavior While Pregnant
Scary New Tennessee Law Already Punishing Women for Behavior While Pregnant
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A Tennessee woman was arrested last week after she and her newborn daughter tested positive for amphetamines. She is the first person to be charged since the state’s controversial new law criminalizing the use of narcotics during pregnancy came into effect July 1. Under the law, any woman who uses drugs during pregnancy can be arrested and charged with assault if…
“The more I think about it, the more I think there’s no better person to craft a story about celebrity and about the folklorish narratives we develop about celebrities than the celebrity herself. Not because J.Lo is able to actually shed any light on her life and choices or even really display any genuine vulnerability, but because with all the artifice and spectacle of a project like this, therein lies a certain authenticity. This is exactly how J.Lo wants to be perceived. Through a lens of dreamscape and lore. “This Is Me…Now” isn’t an explanation so much as an abstraction.”
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