Healthcare

05 Jan

Muslim Advocates Ramp Up the Fight for Reproductive Justice

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Despite the importance, Munifasa’s experience navigating societal silence on reproductive health, including motherhood, is common. Many Muslim Americans struggle to find spaces for dialogue and to make informed decisions about their reproductive and sexual health — a need that the Muslim-led national organization Health, Education, Advocacy, Research and Training, or HEART, is working to fill with culturally resonant and honest information. As the country continues to wrestle over the legal landscape of reproductive rights, HEART hones in on nurturing reproductive justice by building safe environments for Muslims to have and raise children — or to make the informed decision not…
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04 Jan

Florida doctor faces $10,000 fine in abortion case

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"After the state Department of Health called for revoking the doctor's license, the Florida Board of Medicine this week issued a final order imposing a $10,000 fine and reprimanding a physician who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed. The order came after the board decided last month to approve penalties for physician Candace Sue Cooley that were less severe than what the Department of Health wanted...."
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30 Dec

New insights into prevalence and risk factors of anemia among women of reproductive age in China

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Anemia significantly impacts global public health, with over 571 million women at risk of adverse health outcomes due to iron deficiency and other causes. This nationwide, population-based study in China aims to estimate the prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age, explore geographic variations, and investigate the association between anemia and metabolic factors, particularly overweight and obesity. The study utilizes data from the Meinian Healthcare Group system, providing insights into the epidemiological characteristics of anemia and contributing to the development of targeted intervention strategies.
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29 Dec

Faith in Action: The Red Tent Fund and the Fight for Reproductive Justice

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More than half of women of reproductive age enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP live in states that ban assistance coverage for abortion, with very rare exceptions. And about half of those women are women of color. That is according to the National Council of Jewish Women. At a recent event for the local chapter of NCJW, Allison Tombros Korman, founder of The Red Tent Fund, assisting those who need care is a fundamental Jewish value. “For me, Tikkun Olam needs to be more than just repairing a broken world. It needs to be about being proactive in preventing those things…
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27 Dec

Reproductive health newsmakers included pregnant women, judges and anti-abortion activists in 2024

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Galvanized by a pivotal election almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections, patients, doctors, and activists in 2024 fought for renewed and expanded reproductive rights, while others pushed for more restrictions. These are some of the people and organizations that had an impact on reproductive health law and abortion access this year.
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20 Dec

Brace for the impact of Trump 2.0 on reproductive health rights: Marcela Azevedo

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As Americans grapple with the impending return of Donald Trump to the political throne, it’s critical to reflect on the chaos of his first administration and brace ourselves for the sharper, more prepared version of what’s to come. As an Intensive Care Unit physician and one of the doctors who helped lead the charge to pass the Reproductive Freedom Amendment in Ohio, I’ve seen firsthand the critical role health care plays in ensuring freedom and dignity.
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19 Dec

When states suppress maternal mortality data, pregnant people pay the price

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Last month, reports emerged of efforts in both Texas and Georgia to halt investigation and analysis of maternal mortality in the years since Roe v. Wade—the Supreme Court ruling that protected the right to an abortion—was overturned. These efforts to hinder examination of the impacts of strict state abortion laws on pregnant people are a political play that only serves to put women and families at risk of even greater harm.
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