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Pro-choice activists combating Florida anti-abortion ballot measure listen
09/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Amendment 6, abortion, women's health, reproductive rights, I am Choice, pro-life, pro-choice
A proposed constitutional amendment would eliminate privacy rights and could be another conservative step toward outlawing abortions in Florida. Vivian Taylor, volunteer coordinator for the group I Am Choice, said at a press conference in St. Petersburg Amendment 6 would demonize women for their reproductive choices.
“No one wants their medical records or their personal information made public information and that’s what Amendment 6 would do in essence.”
She said that’s because, “It w...
Be the first to commentSebelius: federal healthcare law gives options to women listen
03/08/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: women's health, health care, Obamacare, Kathleen Sebelius
More than 17 million American women are uninsured, but the health care law signed by President Barack Obama could drastically reduce that number. Many provisions in the law make preventative care more accessible and affordable for women of all ages.
Tanya Showers said she’s been without basic health insurance for at least 4 years.
“It’s been very hard. I go to the hospital sometimes, to the emergency room just to get help."
“An...
Be the first to commentUS Dept of Labor provides services for women veterans at "Stand Down" listen
09/12/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: veterans, Women military personnel, women's issues, Women, Women's rights, women's health, Moffitt Cancer Center
With help from the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor, Tampa Crossroads lined up free services and help for Women’s Veterans in Tampa on Saturday at "Stand Down, Stand Up for Women Veterans." More than 30 organizations set up at Al Lopez Park in Tampa, where women vets were offered a variety of services ranging from education assistance, counseling, and even...
Be the first to commentDr. Christian Northrup - advocate for women's health
11/06/10 mary glenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: women's issues, women's health, health
Dr. Christian Northrup, M.D., has been a leading advocate for women's health for over 30 years. She is especially involved in giving women the information and knowledge to empower them in their medical decisions. Dr. Northrup feels that women would be better served if October was devoted to breast health rather than breast cancer. Her book Women's Bodies; Women's Wisdom is considered by many women to be one of the most useful and informative repositories of women's health. What do you thi...
Be the first to comment"Walk In My Shoes" Aims to Spread Awareness of Sexual and Domestic Violence listen
04/13/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Domestic violence, Sexual abuse, rape, women's health, women's issues
If you drove down Kennedy this morning, you may have noticed a few dozen people walking down the road wearing blue shirts. They were marching to raise awareness of sexual abuse. But the journey for Lauren Book-Lim, the event’s organizer, started a long way back.
Lauren Book-Lim has just reached the halfway point of a 500-mile walk from South Florida to Tallahassee. The Tampa leg started at the Alpha House, a center that houses pregnant women and new moth...
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06/13/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Women's issues, reproductive rights, women's health
After witnessing the impact of President George W. Bush's reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, Michelle Goldberg, journalist, author, and longtime critic of Bush's policies on sexual and reproductive health, decided that a book about the global battle for reproductive justice was long overdue. So she wrote The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World.
The cover art depicting a woman holding the Earth on her shoulders is more than appropriate for this deeply-resear...
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