Melinda Voss

Medical Students Battle for Pro-Choice Education

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● April 28, 2000

More than 150 medical students met to learn not only how to perform abortions, but also how to press for changes in medical school training. Both are needed, say the organizers, because abortions are the most common surgical procedure for women.

Nursing Moms Thwarted by Laws

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● April 21, 2000

Some threatened with arrest for putting breastfeeding ahead of other legal obligations; another is fired. Some battles are being won, however.

Poor Families Gain Jobs; Lose Health Insurance

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● April 16, 2000

Two new studies indicate that many of the parents who left federal welfare for paid employment have needlessly lost their federal health insurance.