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Medicare Stingy for Breast Cancer Care

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 24, 2001

(WOMENSENEWS)–The lack of access to breast cancer screening and treatment has been highlighted with the introduction of two bills in Congress that, if made law, would improve women’s access to timely, quality mammograms and to prescription drugs to treat breast cancer.

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Conscience Clauses Threaten Contraceptive Equity

By Darryl Campagna ● Health & Science ● March 23, 2001

So-called “conscience clauses” are proliferating among the states, spurred by religious organizations that ban the use of contraceptives by their adherents. New York’s proposed law would permit employers to refuse to offer contraceptive coverage.

Polls on Abortion Can Be Misleading

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Health & Science ● February 26, 2001

Despite the noisy abortion debate and the especially noisy anti-choice forces, the pollsters find that most people support a woman’s right to choose, but how the results are reported often leads to public confusion.

New Texas ‘Janes’ Mark Roe v. Wade Anniversary

By Nancy Schaadt ● Arts & Culture ● January 22, 2001

Before there was Jane Roe winning a landmark Supreme Court case, there was Jane, a Chicago-based feminist group that provided abortions for an estimated 12,000 women in the Midwest. The Jane spirit is alive today and well in Texas.

Market Hurdles Slow Emergency Contraception Sales

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● January 15, 2001

Emergency contraceptive pills ought to sell briskly nationwide, however, doctors don’t promote them, women don’t understand them and basic economic forces combine to make them widely unavailable. Second of two articles.

Advocates: Sell Pills Averting Pregnancy Widely

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● December 11, 2000

Medical leaders are joining the campaign to permit the purchase of emergency contraceptives to be as easy as buying condoms. The anti-abortion forces are quiet on this front, making the change seem feasible. First of two parts.

Eating Disorders Begin to Plague Black Teens

By Mashadi Matabane ● Health & Science ● December 11, 2000

Star Jones and Oprah Winfrey embody the cultural tug-of-war faced by African-American teen girls. Recent studies indicate that they too are becoming more vulnerable to the cult of thinness and its accompanying health hazards.

Wage Gap, Poverty, Bias Harm Women’s Health

By Melinda Voss ● Health & Science ● December 4, 2000

The community where a woman lives affects virtually all aspects of her health and well-being. A national “Report Card” analyzed state efforts in economic security, education, discrimination, gun control and the environment. Last in a series.

Women Find Tobacco Addiction Intense

By Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● December 4, 2000

One doctor who smokes and treats heroin and cocaine users says the addictions are very similar. Experts say that to quit, women need to use every strategy available, ranging from support groups to nicotine replacement drugs. Second of two articles.

Seeing Through Smoke Screen: Women at Higher Risk

By Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● November 27, 2000

Women have come a long way as far as the intensity of tobacco advertising targeted at them, especially teen-agers. Now, lung cancer kills more women than breast, uterine and ovarian cancer combined. First of a two part-series.