Women who believe their copper IUD is making them sick are turning to the Internet for advice. They are afraid the metal may be affecting their bodies. Since their doctors disagree, alternative medicine is the only option.
In a country where the pill has long dominated, women are now turning to other options, including less reliable “natural” methods. At the same time, abortion rates may have gone up last year, partly due to the pill controversy. Story reported with Hajer Naili.
First buffer zones, then Hobby Lobby. After these back-to-back negative Court rulings, the pro-choice side needs to fight speech with speech and find a corporation to fight corporations.
The hashtag #NotMyBossBusiness is going strong on Twitter as critics decry a dangerous precedent that targets women and gives employers control over healthcare.
Getting health insurance through a Catholic organization is one way that some women aren’t getting coverage for contraception, says Carol Roye in this excerpt from “A Woman’s Right to Know.” Attacking birth control access is especially damaging for poor women.
The first female law firm has opened its doors in Saudi Arabia to protect women’s rights in the kingdom. Also this week, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily delayed key requirements related to contraceptive coverage of the Affordable Care Act impacting religious-affiliated groups.
When “boys” keep killing their mothers, children, strangers–committing suicide by mass murder–isn’t it time we took the crisis in masculinity seriously? There are plenty of ways we can help troubled boys and men. The numbers are getting numbing, so let’s do something fast.
While the media and research have recently focused on deconstructing female breadwinners, the reality is that their stories are more complex, says Liz O’Donnell in this excerpt from “Mogul, Mom, and Maid: The Balancing Art of the Modern Woman.”
Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest, is planning to climb to the summits of seven major peaks for women’s empowerment. In Lebanon, female refugees who escaped Syria’s conflict say they have been sexually harassed.
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