Current Women's Health News Today

Women’s Health Advocates Urge Strong Stance On Birth Control Insurance Coverage
The Obama administration is said to be working toward a compromise on a provision of the health care reform law that requires employer health plans to cover contraceptives. Some religious groups object to the provision.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:48 -0800

Activists shape women’s context in HIV/AIDS history
Female activists gathered Tuesday to examine women’s health history, stressing the need to include women in the definition of AIDS in the United States.The Institute for Women’s Leadership invited act

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:05:41 -0800

Women's Health Centre to close after 30 years
A Christchurch community health information centre for women is closing after "one blow too many", its treasurer says.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:22:50 -0800

Is there a war on women's health care?
We ask if conservative groups in the US have a growing influence over women's access to certain types of health care.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:27:02 -0800

Perry accused of mischaracterizing closed Planned Parenthood facilities as abortion clinics
AUSTIN — Women’s health advocates assailed Rick Perry on Tuesday for what they called a “patently false” assertion that state budget cuts have forced a dozen abortion clinics to close.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:24 -0800