October 23, 2008 – 11:56 am
Posted by Leslie
Feminist Daily News Wire
October 23, 2008
Recent polling for The Denver Post shows that 48 percent of Colorado’s citizens plan to vote No on Amendment 48, a November ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to define a fertilized, unimplanted human egg as a full person with all civil rights. Thirty percent of the electorate […]
August 31, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Posted by Leslie
LIVEJOURNAL
The Ambidextrous Chicken-Monkey’s Spaghetti Feed (maria_sputnik) wrote,
@ 2008-08-31 17:47:00
i am a crank
Below please find a crank letter. Any suggestions before I send it?
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Dear Women’s Health Research Center,
Hi, I wanted to give some feedback about an ad you ran recently in the Portland Mercury, soliciting women to join your study of continuous oral contraceptives/doxycyline.* The ad […]
August 24, 2008 – 11:45 am
Posted by Leslie
Big Pharma makes another swing at it pushing cancer causing drugs on unsuspecting women. L.
WashingtonPost.com
By Karen Pallarito
HealthDay Reporter
Sunday, August 24, 2008; 12:00 AM
SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — With new “extended cycle” and “continuous” oral contraceptives on the market, women today can choose to have monthly withdrawal bleeding just four times a year — or […]
August 19, 2008 – 12:28 pm
Posted by Leslie
Why It Matters That a Fertilized Egg Is Not a Person
by Ari Armstrong and Diana Hsieh
Coalition for Secular Government • www.SecularGovernment.us
August 19, 2008
Introduction
Amendment 48 seeks to define a fertilized egg as a person with full legal rights in Colorado’s constitution. If fully implemented, it would profoundly and adversely impact the lives of sexually-ctive couples, couples […]
By Leslie
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Also posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Colorado Amendment 48, Education, Emergency Contraception, Morning After Pill, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Suppression, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics
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August 13, 2008 – 7:22 am
Posted by Leslie
Women on Birth Control Pill May Be Attracted to ‘Wrong’ Sex Partner
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Aug. 12, 2008 — A woman is sexually attracted to men who smell like a good genetic match, but birth control pills make her desire the “wrong” men, a U.K. study shows.
Who is the right […]
August 10, 2008 – 8:23 am
Posted by Leslie
For women, the wisdom you acquire with age is often offset by the physical discomfort your body seems determined to inflict upon you.
Beauty Tips & Review
August 10, 2008
Even if you have irregular cycles, you still get hit with cramps, though some get them worse than others. Sufferers with PCOS or endometriosis will probably have […]
Posted by Leslie
The Democratic Daily
August 8, 2008
by Dizzy Dezzi
The measure in question is a Colorado ballot issue (Amendment 48) which would define into law that “life begins at conception” (or the “every sex act is sacred” measure).
In effect, it would outlaw ALL abortions, including the Plan B (the morning after pill). It would also be the slippery […]
Posted by Leslie
NHS Choices
August 7, 2008
“A hormone patch may protect women with schizophrenia or other severe mental illnesses from psychotic feelings”, BBC News reported. It said that scientists had found that giving women oestrogen made them less likely to report suffering hallucinations or delusions.
The story is based on a study in 102 women with schizophrenia, half of […]
Posted by Leslie
MONTHLY WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH REVIEW
RESEARCH | Safety, Efficacy of Oral Contraceptive That Incorporates Estrogen During Traditional Placebo Week Examined
[July 31, 2008]
Summary of “Efficacy and Safety of a 28-Day Oral Contraceptive With 7 Days of Low-Dose Estrogen in Place of Placebo,” Poindexter et al., Contraception, August 2008.
Oral contraceptives with a modified hormone-free interval have several potential […]
Posted by Leslie
National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher
June 9, 2008
Parents will rally in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill
(AB10942) that would mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for all children through age 18 plus would automatically mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in […]
By Leslie
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Also posted in Autism, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Immunizations, Infants, Puberty, Seasonale, Social/Political, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics
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