Are you cringing at the title of this post? Well… Good! You should be! Because the new GOP-led Congress is putting its full weight and attention right between your legs — looking for any way possible to take control of a woman’s reproductive rights! (Another working title for this post was, “Dr. HappyRape, or How…
Today is the 6th annual Blog for Choice Day, which honors the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision. And even as we take time to appreciate that landmark decision and its legacy for women in America, it’s bittersweet. After all, it’s been 38 years and we’re still talking about attacks on our personal autonomy…
News from Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthoodof Southern Nevada Encouraging Women to Take Control of their Health with Preventative Services during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January LAS VEGAS- In recognition of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January, Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada and its parent organization Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains , are encouraging…
After more than a decade of controversy, the 1998 study that launched the autism controversy about vaccines has been completely discredited and called fraudulent by the British Medical Journal. Andrew Wakefield, who ran the study on 12 children, has been stripped of his medical license and 10 of the 13 authors of the study have…
We’re barely into 2011 and I already feel behind. While I get my bearings, check out these quick hits: No matter how you feel about New Year’s resolutions, I highly recommend a perusal of the Abortion Gang‘s 2011 list. (My personal fav: For state and federal governments to spend their time and resources on improving…
Here’s some news we should be getting used to — unfortunately — as Nevadans: We suck. Yet again we find ourselves at or near the bottom of an important life-index list. This time it comes from the Health Care Report Card by the National Women’s Law Center, which analyzed the health care conditions for women…
From The Center: The Federal Government’s “Healthy People 2020” Initiative Includes You! For the first time, LGBT health needs are included in the federal government’s “Healthy People 2020” initiative. Our inclusion in this initiative comes after extensive citizen feed back from the LGBT community and our health needs. “Too many people are not reaching their full potential for health…
Today, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day. An estimated 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and don’t even know it. Today is a great time to raise awareness, get tested and do what you can to help the millions of people all over the world living with and/or affected by this epidemic disease. You…
If you don’t have twitter you might not have seen the viral thread last week with the hashtag #Ihadanabortion. It was launched by @IAmDrTiller with the tweet: Time for us to come out. Who’s had an abortion? Show antis we’re not intimidated by scare tactics. Use: #ihadanabortion. Controversial? Perhaps. Confrontational? Maybe. Consciousness-raising? Absolutely. And it…
Folks, if you haven’t heard, early voting has started in Nevada (and lasts through Oct. 29 — look up a convenient polling place here!). People, the whole nation is watching Nevada on this one. Let’s not pull a Florida 2000, okay? No matter what you’re political persuasion, let’s get out there and vote! No embarrassing…
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