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Flash Mob Stages Protest For Access to Morning-After Pill

Flash Mob Stages Protest For Access to Morning-After Pill

Elizabeth Plank in Health Care 2 months ago

Demonstrators in New York City staged a protest on Tuesday demanding universal access to emergency contraception.

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Almost 82 Percent Of Social Workers Are Female, and This is Hurting Men

Almost 82 Percent Of Social Workers Are Female, and This is Hurting Men

Jack Fischl in Health Care 2 months ago

The vast majority of social and mental health workers are now female. Male absence from these fields could discourage men from seeking needed treatment and entering this line of work.

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Birth Control Anniversary: Contraceptives More Accessible Now Than in the Past

Birth Control Anniversary: Contraceptives More Accessible Now Than in the Past

Louise Connelly in Health Care 2 months ago

Forty-six years ago, reproductive rights activist Bill Baird was arrested for giving contraceptives to an unmarried woman. Birth control is much more accessible today, but the fight is not over.

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Texas Defunding Planned Parenthood: Wreaks Havoc On Health Care Costs

Texas Defunding Planned Parenthood: Wreaks Havoc On Health Care Costs

D'Laney Gielow in Health Care 2 months ago

Decreased access to health care means Texas women lose, Texas taxpayers lose, and, ironically, in their failure to eliminate any abortion clinics, anti-choice legislators lose as well.

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Obamacare: 3 Challenges As Affordable Care Act Turns Age 3

Obamacare: 3 Challenges As Affordable Care Act Turns Age 3

Adam Jutha in Health Care 2 months ago

As Obama's controversial health care reform turns 3 today, here are 3 challenges that Obamacare continues to face across the country.

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Cigarette Display Ban: Another Nanny Bloomberg Initiative

Cigarette Display Ban: Another Nanny Bloomberg Initiative

Meg Miller in Health Care 2 months ago

In his latest attempt at city-wide health domination, Bloomberg wants to stop displaying cigarettes in convenience stores, much to the chagrin of small business owners everywhere.

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Obamacare: On 3 Year Anniversary, Public is Still Misinformed On Law

Obamacare: On 3 Year Anniversary, Public is Still Misinformed On Law

Swathi Nallapa in Health Care 2 months ago

The three year anniversary of the ever-contentious Affordable Care Act approaches, but most Americans remain ignorant about what the law actually does.

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Michele Bachmann: Obamacare Will "Literally" Kill People

Michele Bachmann: Obamacare Will "Literally" Kill People

Andrea Ayres-Deets in Health Care 2 months ago

Michele Bachmann believes that Obama's health care law will literally kill women, children, and senior citizens.

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