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Oklahoma activists block antiabortion legislation
How can choice advocates ensure more outcomes like this one?
The Anti-Prostitution Pledge
It's imposed, not taken, by Bush's foreign-aid people -- with disastrous results worldwide.
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Take action to support prevention on the other 364, too.
Irish teen takes abortion case to Supreme Court
"Miss D" pleads for the right to end a doomed pregnancy -- in England.
Native American victims of violence
Amnesty International: Women on reservations have huge levels of assault, little access to recourse.
Take to the phones!
Today is a national day of action to support the Freedom of Choice Act.
Legalizing abortion in Mexico City
The city's legislative assembly votes to make abortion safe and legal in the first trimester.
"Finding more cancer is not the answer"
Will new detection guidelines lead to overdiagnosis of breast cancer?
Too much information. Period
India's female civil servants are required to reveal details of their menstrual cycles.
Strong, silent, sick?
"Real men" don't see doctors, study of teens suggests.
High breast cancer risk? Have MRI with mammogram
New ACS guidelines recommend twofer screening.
North Dakota teens need parents' permission to take care of their babies
Legislature rejects bill allowing minors confidential prenatal treatment.
Do big boobs boost self-esteem?
A new study says implants make women happier.
More on women soldiers, rape and Iraq
The New York Times mag on the war's disturbing rape-report statistics and the PTSD gripping many female veterans once they return home.
Abortion access saves South African women's lives
The country "clearly leads the region in advancing women's reproductive health and rights."
Screw you for not smoking
Last fall, after 13 years of pleasurable puffing, I smoked my last cigarette. I thought quitting would make me feel healthy and hale -- so why the hell is my body falling apart?
Worldwide ADHD pandemic?
Is the disorder really global, or is Big Pharma just improving its overseas marketing?
Can this woman make quinoa sexy?
Heidi Swanson, author of the new cookbook "Super Natural Cooking," chats about the unsung pleasures of spelt and chard and her crusade to make healthy food hot.
Susie Flynn for president!
Children's Defense Fund "candidate" highlights the plight of America's 9 million uninsured children.
HPV rates in women are higher than we thought
JAMA releases new tally, calls for more research.
Abortion harassment on wheels
"Mobile clinics" offer ultrasounds in the hopes of deterring women -- "on the doorstep" of abortion providers.
Rape accusation roils Iraq
And we thought such crimes were politicized here.
A bull market for eggs
Ovum: $5,000 plus. (Fertility: priceless.) Should we worry?
What's in your Pill? Update
Planned Parenthood opposes petition to ban desogestrel-based contraceptives.
Why not vaccinate boys for HPV?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: We're on it.
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