A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals wide variation across local communities in the share of the population that could benefit from coverage expansion in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) starting in 2014.
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Women's Health Specialists' Annual Sexual Health Awareness Day
On Saturday, February 18th, Women's Health Specialists will host a Sexual Health Awareness Party in recognition of National Condom Week (2/14/12-2/21/12) at our Chico and
New Report from the California Budget Project
Check out this report released today, February 1, 2012: Falling Behind: The Impact of the Great Recession and the Budget Crisis on California's Women and Their Families
Executive Director of Black Women for Wellness Honored as 2012 "Leader to Watch"
“People ask me, ‘How are you doing?’ and I say, ‘Pretty good for a Black woman in America,’” says Jan Robinson-Flint, a founder and the Executive Director of Black Women for Wellness (BWW). Check out the full interview here, and big congrats to Jan!
Reproductive health services in the military: It's time to stop denying servicewomen the basic rights for which they fight
By Kelsey Holt and Kate Grindlay, Ibis Reproductive Health
At the end of last year the Senate blocked the Shaheen Amendment to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which would have restored insurance coverage of abortion for women serving in the military who are raped—giving military women the same benefits that federal employees, women enrolled in Medicaid, and women in federal prison receive.
Calbuzz Op-Ed: Who Will Speak for Women?
By Susan Rose
Governor Jerry Brown has defunded the California Commission on the Status of Women, eliminating its $265,000 in funding in the proposed 2012-2013 budget released Thursday.
Almost One-Quarter of California Nonelderly Women Uninsured in 2009
The proportion of nonelderly California women ages 18-64 with no health insurance coverage grew to nearly one in four between 2007 and 2009, the years right before and during the economic recession, according to a new policy brief from the Public Health Institute (PHI) that uses data from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
A Promising New Law That Pushes Back Against Deceptive Anti-Abortion Centers
In October, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that banned misleading advertisements for the city’s crisis pregnancy centers. The ordinance allows courts to fine crisis pregnancy centers, which counsel pregnant women against abortion, up to $500 every time they falsely imply in advertisements that they offer abortion services. First Resort, Inc., one of the centers singled out by the law, responded with a suit accusing the city of a First Amendment violation in less than a month. The case is now going to the United States District Court for Northern California.
HHS says no to over-the-counter morning-after pill
In a surprise move, the nation's health secretary stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms, deciding Wednesday that young girls shouldn't be able to buy it on their own.
FDA weighs putting Plan B morning-after pill on drugstore shelves
The federal government is grappling with the explosive question of whether to let anyone of any age buy the controversial morning-after pill Plan B directly off drugstore and supermarket shelves without a prescription.
The Food and Drug Administration has until Wednesday to respond to a request from the drug’s manufacturer to make the pill as easy to get as toilet paper and toothpaste, a move pushed by some doctors, health advocates, family-planning activists, members of Congress and others to help women prevent unwanted pregnancies.
