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Even If You Don't Want Kids, This Egg Freezing Technique Is SO Important
Amelia Edelman
Feb 21, 2017
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How This Police Officer Is Helping Trans Patients Get Better Care
Kasandra Brabaw
Feb 13, 2017
Body
Birth Control Probably Won’t Be Covered Under The Republican Health Care ...
Suzannah Weiss
Feb 4, 2017
US News
What Donald Trump Taught Me About My Own Mother
We were standing on opposite sides of a canyon, trying to communicate through fog. I couldn’t convince her that her own eyes weren’t telling her the tr
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Amber Macdonald
Sex
What To Know If You Rely On The ACA For Birth Control
Changes to our healthcare system will undoubtedly be one of the most pressing issues to come following the outcome of this week's election. Currently,
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
Please Stop Trying To Talk Women Out Of Getting Abortions
As part of the list of hurdles standing in the way of many women's access to abortion in the U.S., most states require providers to have scripted conv
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Sarah Jacoby
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US News
This Crisis Shows Why You Can’t Afford To Sit This Election...
Secret Agent Brink is no stranger to pain. But when he’s caught by the Institute for Global Domination’s maniacal cronies just as open enrollme
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Rachel Selvin
Mind
Here’s What You Didn’t Know About Having Depression
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Sarah Jacoby
US News
A Judge Just Blocked One Of The Nation’s Most Controversial...
A controversial Indiana law that would have banned abortions that were being sought out because of fetal genetic abnormalities was blocked by a federal jud
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Andrea González-R...
Women's Health News
10 Quotes That Break Down The SCOTUS Abortion Ruling
It’s a historic moment for supporters of women’s reproductive rights. Earlier today, the Supreme Court threw out the tough clinic regulations a
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Andrea González-R...
Mind
Therapy Has A Race Problem
Across the country, access to mental health care is sadly not guaranteed: Roughly 20% of adults with a mental illness don't get the treatment they nee
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Sara Coughlin
Mind
How Walgreens Is Improving Access To Mental Health Care
One of the hardest parts of dealing with a mental health issue is actually getting the help you need. And Walgreens, one of the country's largest drug
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Sarah Jacoby
Sex
Amy Schumer Takes Aim At Politicians Who Insert Themselves In Wom...
Last night marked the return of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, and as ever, Schumer isn't shying away from hot-button topics. In a pointed
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Hayley MacMillen
Work & Money
A Week In Boston On A $14,000 Salary
6:30 p.m. — I stop by an alumni reception at Harvard Medical School to network, and eat enough fancy appetizers to count as dinner. Everything tastes bet
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You
Body
12 Striking Photos Show What Happens When Health Care Comes Too Late
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Hayley MacMillen
US News
5 Groups Doing Great Work On Reproductive Rights You Haven’...
As the year draws to a close, It’s a time to look back on things that happened over the past twelve months. Over the next few days, we’ll be re
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Meredith Clark
TV Shows
Trevor Noah Gets An Appendectomy, Learns The Joys Of American Hea...
Trevor Noah had a bit of a health scare this week. The South African comedian and host of The Daily Show told audiences last night that he had just returne
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Elizabeth Kiefer
Women's Health News
Right Now Is The Most Dangerous Time To Be A Woman At College
Illustrated by Sydney Hass. It’s the time of year called the Red Zone: the weeks between new student orientation and Thanksgiving break when college
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Sandra Fluke
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Women's Health News
Pope Allows Local Priests To Forgive Women Who Have Had Abortions
Pope Francis declared on Tuesday that women who have had abortions can confess and be forgiven by their local parish priests during the Catholic Church
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KAELYN FORDE
Politics
Dear Haters: Obamacare IS Working & Here’s The Proof
It's been nearly five years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and two since it was fully implemented in the United States. The critiq
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Elizabeth Kiefer
Politics
The
Real
Problem With What Jeb Bush Said About WomenR...
On Tuesday, while addressing a conservative Christian audience in Tennessee, presidential hopeful Jeb Bush made an off-the-cuff comment about federal money
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Elizabeth Kiefer
Politics
College Cancels Student Health Insurance To Ban Birth Control On ...
On July 10, Wheaton College, the Christian liberal arts school outside Chicago, announced that it would not be offering health insurance to students during
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Elizabeth Kiefer
New York
New York Is Taking A Huge New Step Toward Trans Equality
New York made a big announcement today: The state is making an official commitment to improving health care services for transgender people. Und
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Nina Wolpow
Women's Health News
This Awesome Mom Live-Tweeted Her Kid’s Sexual Abstinence C...
Having your mother tag along to a sex-ed class may sound like any kid's worst nightmare, but we're grateful that Alice Dreger's teen son let
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Erin Donnelly
Politics
Obama Quotes Kim K. In Goofiest Presidential Video Ever
The President has a really weird job. Sometimes, he's the leader of the Western world, slapping sanctions on Russia and sending bombers to Syria. Othe
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Ben Reininga
Women's Health News
Why Getting Pregnant Cost This Woman Her Paycheck
Credit: Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images. The Supreme Court is weighing in on an important reproductive rights case today — one that could alter the
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Laura Barcella
Women's Health News
Sen. Gillibrand On Why The 2014 Election Is Crucial For Women
It's election time! On Tuesday, November 4, Americans go to the polls to vote for everyone from comptroller to governor. The results will reset our po
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Senator Kirsten G...
Women's Health News
The New Abortion Wars
Illustrated by Shawna Huang. Americans often assume that a Democrat in the White House means abortion rights are safe, but recent years have certainly taug
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Sarah Jaffe
Women's Health News
Supreme Court Temporarily Suspends Texas’ Restrictions On A...
In a brief, five-sentence ruling, the Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that was forcing many abortion providers to close. “Tomorrow, 13 clinics
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Chris Kaye
Women's Health News
Is My Birth Control Covered For Free Under Obamacare?
Photographed by Jessica Nash. By Adriana D. Kohler I heard that birth control is free under Obamacare, but I’m still paying for my pills every month.
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