Tag Archives: Health care
How the pro-life movement is winning the war on women
TweetThe debate over abortion needs to change. The pro-life movement has painted pro-choice activists as pro-abortion murderers for decades. This isn’t new. What is new is the tactics. In the 1990s, pro-lifers picketed abortion clinics and threatened to assassinate doctors. Now, they’re using the political process to pass legislation that will effectively destroy women’s reproductive [...]
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Women in frontline service provision play a vital role and must be protected
TweetBy Ana Lukatela, UN Women‘s peace and security section programme specialist. This was originally posted in The Guardian. Nasima Bibi was one of the 16 female health workers murdered in co-ordinated attacks across Pakistan in December and January. And on 8 February nine, as yet unnamed, female health workers in northern Nigeria were killed in same manner – [...]
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Gun Violence: Blaming the Mentally Ill
Tweet“‘People who have mental health issues should not have guns,’ Mr. Cuomo told reporters. ‘They could hurt themselves, they could hurt other people.’” (NYTimes.com 1/15/2013) True. Anyone with a gun could hurt themselves or other people. While I am hardily in favor of restricting the sale of lethal weapons, I am concerned that statements such [...]
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Prejudices within the medical fraternity: Women and sexuality in India
TweetMy visit to a lady gynecologist in India a few months back has been bothering me to no end. Hence by ranting about the experience here I would like to know your thoughts on it and share if you have had a similar experience as I did. As a young woman in her early twenties, [...]
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A ‘hilarious’ video: The ‘double day’ and symptoms of a heart attack in women