The following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries.~ "Women's Health: Yet Another Issue Sarah Palin Is Out of Touch On," Cecile Richards, Huffington Post: In the blog entry, Richards, president of the Planned...
California and the federal government are in a dispute over funding for the state's Medicaid-funded family planning program -- called the Family Planning, Access Care and Treatment Program, or Family PACT -- the Los Angeles...
Michigan voters should vote yes on Proposition 2 on the November ballot because it would overturn "one of the most backward laws on human embryonic stem cell research in the nation" a Detroit News editorial says. Proposition 2...
Computer-aided detection software for mammograms is nearly as effective as a second radiologist reading the test results to determine the presence of breast tumors, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England...
The Anchorage Daily News on Wednesday examined efforts by college and high school students in Alaska to reform the way sex education is taught in the state. The students argued that mandatory comprehensive sex education is...
Operation Rescue is seeking the emergency suspension of the medical licenses of abortion providers George Tiller and Shelley Sella after a 23-year-old woman allegedly suffered an asthma attack and went into cardiac arrest...
CBS News on Wednesday aired segments of anchor Katie Couric's interviews with Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) in which the vice presidential nominees were asked about their opinions on the Supreme...
A group of conservative Utah legislators announced Tuesday that they plan to sponsor legislation during the next session that would ban abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the lives of pregnant women, the Salt...
Democrats in both the House and Senate submitted letters of opposition last week to a proposed HHS rule that would allow health care providers who receive federal grants to opt out of care they object to based on moral or...
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) is being criticized by Roman Catholic Archbishop John Vlazny, head of the Archdiocese of Portland, for hosting a fundraiser for NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon in Portland on Friday, the AP/Seattle...