A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that 98% of women who obtained an abortion rated their overall care as either “excellent” (60%), “very good” (26%), or “good” (12%). Ninety-six percent said that would recommend their abortion provider to loved ones. The study was conducted by The Picker Institute, a Boston-area health care quality assessment and […]
Two Filipina women who allegedly provided abortions in the western city of Jeddah, Saudia Arabia, have been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and deportation. The women, who were not identified by the Saudi al-Iktisadiyeh newspaper, were found to have “abortion tools” in their house. Court President Sheikh Hussein al-Hikmi told the newspaper that officials found […]
A survey conducted by Jane Doe Inc. Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence found that nearly 12,000 women and children were denied access to shelters in the state due to overcrowding and lack of resources. For every woman or child who was admitted into a Massachusetts shelter, at least three more were turned […]
Magnetic resonance imaging, commonly known as MRI, has been found effective in identifying and assessing the severity of invasive lobular breast cancer, a type of breast cancer that often defies detection using traditional mammography screening. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a small study of 28 women with invasive lobular carcinoma and found that […]
The search for James Charles Kopp intensified yesterday after officials charged him with second degree murder and with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act by using deadly force to block access to an abortion clinic. Kopp is also wanted for questioning in four shootings of abortion providers known as the “Remembrance Day” […]
Women’s and volunteer organizations across the country are planned special celebrations to honor poor and homeless mothers this Mother’s Day, May 9. The Women’s Lunch Place of Boston will sponsor an elegant lunch, music and dancing for women and their children. San Francisco’s Hamilton Family Center, an emergency shelter for women, will offer women free […]
The Indonesian Women’s Coalition for Justice and Democracy created an e-mail list to foster communication between women’s rights group in Indonesia and to communicate information about the violence and human rights violations that women face there. The list, moderated by Nani Buntarian is credited with recruiting 500 participants for the Indonesian’s Women’s Congress in just […]
Research conducted by the United Kingdom’s Open University, Bournemouth University, and the University of Hertfordshire indicates that the gender of images used in software programs may influence boys and girls’ ability to master them. In the study, 11 and 12-year-olds were given problem-solving exercises which used either stereotypically masculine images including pirates, ships and planes, […]
A nationwide survey published in the Women’s Encyclopedia of Natural Health reveals that three quarters of American women are misinformed about their number-one health risk. Only 24% of the 503 women surveyed gave the correct answer of heart disease. The most common incorrect answer, given by 48% of survey respondents, was breast cancer. The next […]
Police have issued an arrest warrant for James C. Kopp, 44, of St. Albans, Vt., in the October 23, 1998 sniper-style shooting of abortion provider Dr. Barnett Slepian. Slepian was killed in the kitchen of his Amherst, NY home shortly after he and his family had returned from synagogue. “We have probable cause to believe […]
Polar explorers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arneson dream of becoming the first all-women team to ski across Antarctica. If successful, Bancroft and Arneson will also have skiied the longest distance ever covered by women. The “Bancroft Arnesen Expedition” is slated to begin in November of 2000, when the duo will begin their 2,400-mile trek through […]
A man who stuck his tongue into the mouth of a sleeping woman got quite an unpleasant surprise when the woman bit off part of his tongue. The woman was alone at the time, sleeping in her home in Kedah, Malaysia. She told police that she instinctively bit down when she woke to find a […]
The December 6 Fund was named in remembrance of the “Montreal Massacre” of December 6, 1989, when 14 women were murdered at the University of Montreal’s Äcole Polytechnique. The killer, Marc Levine, said he killed the women because he “hated feminists.” Founded by a group of domestic violence shelter workers and other women’s advocates, the […]
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that just over a quarter of women who undergo cervical cancer treatment suffer unpleasant side effects that can lead to sexual difficulties. The study surveyed more than 600 women aged 26 to 80, 256 of which were cancer survivors. Twenty-six percent of women […]
The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has worked with more than 2000 religious scholars to draft a constitution based on Islamic Sharia law. The constitution is currently pending approval from the Taliban’s leadership. A representative of the Taliban stated that the new constitution concentrates on three fundamental objectives — enforcement of Islamic principles, restoring peace in […]
The Missouri Senate approved HB 427, the “Infants Protection Act” early this morning. The bill, which allows no exception in cases when an abortion is necessary to save a woman’s life, would allow police to charge abortion providers and their patients with second degree murder if a fetus is “partially born” or extracted through the […]
A national women’s health survey conducted jointly by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Los Angeles Times reveals that a whopping 94% of women who visited their gynecologists within the last two years did not receive all of the tests and counseling recommended for them in national guidelines. For example, while 94% percent […]
According to the 1998 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Women’s Health, nearly two of every five women have been physically or sexually assaulted, either in childhood or in their adult lives. In all, 39% of women reported that they had been either raped, sexually assaulted, or physically abused at some point in their lives. Violence against […]
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston contend that needle biopsies work just as well and are cheaper, less painful, faster, and less complicated than traditional surgical biopsies. Traditional biopsies require general anesthesia, a fairly large incision and stitches. Needle biopsies require only local anesthesia and take about an hour to perform. The tests […]
A report issued Monday by the Older Women’s League (OWL) reveals that women, who make up the majority of Medicare recipients, suffer more chronic illness, use more long-term care, and spend more of their own money on health care. Titled, “The Face of Medicare Is a Woman You Know” and funded by the Henry J. […]
