In June 2024, changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule aimed at supporting reproductive health care privacy went into effect. I wrote about these changes in a blog post, and also published a follow-up post with more detail about the Privacy … Read more The post Update: What’s the Status of the 2024 HIPAA Final Rule Regarding Reproductive Health? appeared first on Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law.| Coates’ Canons NC Local Government Law
Earlier this month the parliament in Rwanda lowered the legal age for accessing reproductive health care from 18 to 15 years old. The post Rwanda has expanded young people’s access to contraception appeared first on Safe Abortion Action Fund.| Safe Abortion Action Fund
The state is using an old source of funding to pay for a new money crunch: assisting out-of-state patients with the costs associated with abortion.| KFF Health News
Peyton Soethout, MJLST Web Content Editor| LawSci Forum
A pilot study shows promise in enhancing shared decision-making and patient satisfaction through family-centered support. | Pediatrics Nationwide
In a country where social stigma and fear often delay diagnosis, an app that teaches women to perform self-exams is revolutionizing health care.| Reasons to be Cheerful
Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) offered free Plan-B and condoms to passersby just a few feet off of Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus on Feb. 19. This table was part of a larger campaign for reproductive health within the Fordham community. YDSA – a Rose Hill-based group – first vocalized their opposition to Fordham’s policies...| The Observer
Health law expert Katie Keith helps us break down what a pair of big court decisions mean for RFK Jr.’s power and for people's access to abortion, cancer screening and many other kinds of care.| Tradeoffs
Last month, the Wyss Institute had the honor of hosting the Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) Spring Forum, convening researchers, industry leaders, investors, and advocates committed to closing the gender health gap. The event brought together cross-sector voices to explore bold ideas, share scientific breakthroughs, and catalyze action across women’s brain, heart, and reproductive health....| Wyss Institute
The photographer's new exhibition focuses on stillbirth.| The Persistent
One in three women have visited a Planned Parenthood. Cutting funding would 'block these patients from getting the care they need.'| The Persistent
Extend Fertility’s chief scientific officer Dr. Nataki Douglas’ new published research shows that retinoic acid from vitamin A is necessary for an embryo to implant and continue developing. At our busy fertility clinic in New York City, or clinical team and fertility advisors work hard to help you achieve your family building goals, but the […] The post Vitamin A is Key for Embryo Implantation and Growth, According to Dr. Douglas’ New Research appeared first on Extend Fertility.| Extend Fertility
Why are these women smiling? What if every woman in the world had access to her choice of safe, effective contraception? So far, this is a dream, but two programs are helping this dream come true.| Population Matters-USA
Anyone who is having penis-in-vagina sex runs the risk of getting pregnant every time they have sex. Even if it’s your first time. Even if you have your period. Even if it’s a full moon and Mercury is in retrograde.| American Sexual Health Association
It may one day eliminate the need for pap smears.| The Persistent
By David Tuller, DrPH| Trial By Error
‘Men who came to our clinic had the same kinds of feelings and reactions that women had.’ The piece below was written by Seattle psychologist Valerie Tarico for Washington Initiative for Boys and Men. We are extremely honored to have been entrusted with … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Learn more about Extend Fertility and Gameto's breakthrough research study on improving access and outcomes of fertility treatment.| Extend Fertility
Abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause funding challenges and disruptions to reproductive care| Kentucky Lantern
Explore Polycystic Ovary Syndrome patient education resources, developed by the clinical and patient teams at "Patnering to Navigate PCOS." Find information about questions you may have about PCOS and common symptoms. Free to download, print, and disseminate online and hard copies. Available in English and Spanish.... Read More → The post Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patient Resources appeared first on Show Your Love Today.| Show Your Love Today
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious infection in the upper genital tract/reproductive organs of women and a leading cause of infertility.| American Sexual Health Association
Dealing with fibroid pain becomes easier as researchers find new signalling pathways associated with the fibroid cells.| The Wire Science
Some birth control options are 100 times more reliable than others. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
I don’t see any way to deny the validity of male voices in abortion conversations without broadly trashing the human capacity to empathize and perspective-take and wrestle with moral questions. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Leading with a diaphragm that will fail 1 in 5 women during a single year over an implant that will fail 1 in 2000 leads to less reproductive empowerment, not more. One might think of it, in fact, as a form of stochastic coercion; you don’t know who is going to get forced by contraceptive failure into a baby they didn’t want, but you know for sure that someone will. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Abortion access—or lack thereof—affects the lives of men almost as much as the lives of women. Why are we treating men as mere allies? Allyship used to mean people who shared a mutual interest or who faced a common threat, … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
I usually hate listening to my interviews, but even I enjoyed this one. Chris Charbonneau is a forty-year reproductive rights leader. Her handprints are on virtually every important innovation in the Planned Parenthood sphere for decades. That includes them spinning … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
