The Obama administration recently laid out “a clear but narrow pathway” toward asylum for foreign women who have experienced severe physical or sexual abuse, a New York Times editorial states, noting that the U.S. government has debated the issue for 15 years.
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A “new set of antiabortion actors” who are “anti-war, anti-capital punishment, pro-environment ‘pro-lifers’” have “emerged as the face of a new and improved antiabortion movement,” Salon columnist Frances Kissling writes.
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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ ”
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The Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women has formed its own political action committee to replace ProKanDo, a PAC founded in 2002 by abortion provider George Tiller that was closed after his murder in May, the
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New York Gov. David Paterson (D) should sign a bill prohibiting the “barbaric and medically hazardous practice of shackling female prisoners during labor,” a New York Times editorial states.
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Timeframe before conception may be linked to disease later in life Mothers’ health in the days and weeks prior to becoming pregnant may determine the health of offspring much later in life, according to results of studies reported at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, which is [...]
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Revised guidelines on when and how to induce labor in pregnant women were issued by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The guidelines provide physicians with guidance regarding which induction methods may be most appropriate under particular circumstances, as well as the safety requirements, and risks and benefits of the different methods. ACOG’s [...]
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Four newspapers recently published editorials responding to last week’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Summaries appear below.~
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WHAT: Johns Hopkins Medicine is co-sponsoring the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit to be held in Baltimore this September. http://www.worldstemcellsummit.com/index.
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Cancer treatment has come a long way, leading to a multitude of therapy options and improved survival rates. These successes, however, have created a challenge for young cancer patients since chemotherapy and radiation treatments that often save lives threaten fertility. Techniques available to safeguard fertility, such as freezing eggs for later embryo development, have poor [...]
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