Women suffer fewer heart attacks than men, researchers report, but are more likely to die from a first heart attack than are men. Spanish researchers led by Juame Marrugat of Barcelona’s Institut Municipal d’Investigacio Medica studied 1,460 women and men and found that women had a 70 percent greater chance of dying within a month […]
The GYN Womenservices clinic, where Dr. Barnett Slepian worked before being shot by a sniper last Friday, will remain open and will continue to provide a broad range of health services including abortion. Doctors throughout the country have volunteered to take over Dr. Slepian’s work at the Buffalo clinic. One such doctor is being flown […]
Labor laws regarding working women in the United States and Mexico will be analyzed by U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman and Mexican Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare Josi Antonio Gonzalez Fernandez through ministerial consultations. “My discussions with Secretary Gonzalez were very constructive,” said Herman. “I am pleased that we share a commitment […]
The largest gay and lesbian church in the U.S. filed suit Tuesday against a Chicago television station after the station agreed to televise an infomercial produced by the church and then later withdrew its offer. The church believes WGN-TV in Chicago reneged on their agreement to air the infomercial “based on their views that this […]
A Ladies’ Home Journal 1998 survey named Ann Arbor, Michigan; Madison, Wisconsin; Scottsdale, Arizona; Irvine, CA; Lakewood, Colorado; Virginia Beach, VA; Thousand Oaks, CA; Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky; Minneapolis, MN; and Burlington, VT as the best large cities for women in the United States. Two hundred cities in all were ranked, with cities in West and Midwest […]
National pro-choice organizations, women’s rights organizations, and religious leaders will come together Wednesday to remember the death of Dr. Barnett Slepian and to issue a national call to action to stop the continued violence against abortion providers. A memorial service will be held on the west steps of the U.S. Capitol building at noon on […]
The funeral for Dr. Barnett Slepian drew hundreds of former patients as well as colleagues and relatives Monday. Heavy police presence was clearly felt. “Dr. Slepian took care of all the women in my family,” Marsha Sperduti, a patient and friend of Dr. Slepian said. “Thank God I’m not having any more children because I […]
The Senate made a final decision to confirm Dr. Jane Henney as the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Wednesday. She is the first woman to head the organization. “As I have made clear in prior statements, my priority as commissioner will be to implement the FDA Modernization Act and to […]
Older women who are depressed face an increased risk of death, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. “Treatment for depression may not only enhance quality of life but also reduce mortality among women with depressive symptoms,” wrote Drs. Mary Whooley and Warren Browner in the report, published […]
National pro-choice organizations, women’s rights organizations, and religious leaders will come together Wednesday to remember the death of Dr. Barnett Slepian and to issue a national call to action to stop the continued violence against abortion providers. A memorial service will be held on the west steps of the U.S. Capitol building at noon on […]
Nurse Condemns Clinic Violence in Commercial Registered Nurse Emily Lyons was walking into the New Woman, All Women Health Care Clinic last January when a bomb exploded in her face. The bomb, believed to be set by fugitive Eric Robert Rudolph, severely injured Lyons and killed security officer Robert Sanderson. In an effort to protect […]
The nation is gaining more and more health clinics, many of which do not dispense birth control. The number of clinics has almost doubled in the last four years according to Making the Grade, a national program that provides guidance to clinics. Based off results from the group’s survey, new clinics are appearing at a […]
A recent study by Colorado College psychology professor Tomi-Ann Roberts took a new approach to examining women’s body image. Roberts had female and male university students wear either swimsuits or sweaters while taking tests and compared the results. Women wearing swimsuits reported feeling disgusted, ashamed or disgraced by having to wear the swimsuit, and their […]
Obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot by a sniper in his Amherst, New York, home Friday evening in the presence of his wife and four sons. Slepian, an abortion provider, had been targeted by anti-abortion protesters for some time. The latest attack is one of five similar attacks on abortion providers that have taken place […]
Bridas, an independent energy company in Argentina, is fully prepared to go ahead with their pipeline project in Afghanistan as soon as Taliban officials sign the agreement. The pipeline will cover 790 miles of land from the Dauletabad gas fields in southern Turkmenistan to Multan in western Pakistan; 464 miles will pass through Afghanistan. Bridas’ […]
A controversial article published in Shukan Bunshun, a popular weekly magazine in Japan, has ignited a public debate about where the responsibility for domestic chores and child rearing lies in two-paycheck families. A July survey published by the Prime Minister’s Office reported that 85 percent of women and 89 percent of Japanese men believe that […]
Young Women Vote ’98, a coalition of young women who care about the future, is circulating a national “Pledge- to-Vote” petition, available online at http://www.feminist.com/ywvote98.htm. Young Women Vote ’98 is urging women to elect candidates who will fight for fair pay legislation, affirmative action programs, gender equity in education, and reproductive health issues. If pro-woman […]
Dr. Mary Calderone, 94, died Saturday after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the last ten years. Calderone dedicated her life to promoting reproductive health and sex education and ensuring women’s access to contraceptives. Calderone believed that human sexuality is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle and should not be hidden or enveloped with shame. […]
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering met recently with the chief representative of Afghanistan’s Taliban militia, Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, to demand the expulsion of Saudi millionaire, Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden, who has resided in Afghanistan since his 1996 expulsion from the Sudan, is suspected in the August bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya […]
An openly lesbian student was attacked at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota several hours after a vigil held in remembrance of hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard. Two young men approached the 22-year-old student as she walked from the campus library to her car on Monday night around 9 p.m. The unidentified woman reported that the […]
