Women’s Health
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One of Pa.’s most populated counties could be down to two hospitals soon
Reports surfaced Thursday that a Delaware County hospital system could close two hospitals.
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PA Attorney General asked to investigate deceptive practices from anti-abortion organization
A complaint filed with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office accuses a Scranton-based crisis pregnancy center of misleading women about patient confidentiality on their website.
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Misinformation about birth control is rampant on social media, alarming doctors
Doctors are concerned that misinformation about birth control might make some women get off it at a time when there are fewer options available for unintended pregnancies in the US.
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Opinion: Trump’s election, backlash to #MeToo and the will to fight on
In this op-ed, attorney Katie Shipp, Executive Director of the nonprofit I Have The Right To, explains the reckoning that the reelection of a president accused of sexual assault signals a backlash against the progress of the #MeToo movement. As the election results came in, I found myself paralyzed, locked in a familiar and unsettling…
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Out-of-state patients looking for repro care are now protected in Allegheny County
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato signed an executive order last week protecting out-of-state patients seeking reproductive and gender affirming care in the county.
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How Eugene DePasquale, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, helped clear 90% of PA’s untested rape kits
Eugene DePasquale, the Democratic nominee for PA’s Attorney General, cleared Pennsylvania’s backlogged rape kits by more than 90% when he has Auditor General. DePasquale said he has a proven track record in conducting statewide investigations and work with victims and survivors, and that he will bring those skills into the AG’s office.
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A young mother’s hope: Pennsylvania woman undergoes IVF at 19
“I accepted that I couldn’t have a baby naturally. I had options. I can’t ever imagine being in that position and not having that option because some politician decided to take it away.”
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Reproductive Freedom bus tour across Pennsylvania keeps pressure up on Trump’s health care bans, record
Just 51 days before the election, the Harris/Walz campaign’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour kicked off Sunday across the street from the birthplace of the U.S. Constitution inside Independence Visitor Hall Center in Old City. Hadley Duvall, reproductive rights advocate and sexual assault survivor from Kentucky, spoke at the event, asking Trump, “What is…
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Democratic candidate for PA Attorney General says he’ll ‘squash’ other states’ attempts to get PA abortion data
“I will look to squash all of that. Any data that some other state is trying to get about someone in Pennsylvania when it comes to reproductive freedom, that information will get squashed,” Eugene DePasquale said.
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Temple University might join growing list of campuses with a Plan B vending machine
Vending machines have become a new way for students to easily access emergency contraception at an affordable price. Here’s the story of students at one Pennsylvania university who are trying to get one on their campus.
