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03.11.16
American Women’s Reproductive Health at Stake in Whole Women’s Health and Zubik
By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment
Since the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court has played a major role in establishing, expanding and defending American women’s reproductive rights. From Griswold v. Connecticut to Gonzales v. Carhart, the Court developed a line of jurisprudence that protects women’s rights to contraception, to abortion, and to bear a child. This term, the Court is considering 2 […]
Posted in Healthcare, uncategorized ; Tagged: birth control, contracep, contraception, health insurance, reproductive health, Reproductive Rights, United States, US Supreme Court, women's health, Women's rights.
03.11.16
American Women's Reproductive Health at Stake in Whole Women's Health and Zubik
By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment
Since the 1960s, the U.S. Supreme Court has played a major role in establishing, expanding and defending American women’s reproductive rights. From Griswold v. Connecticut to Gonzales v. Carhart, the Court developed a line of jurisprudence that protects women’s rights to contraception, to abortion, and to bear a child. This term, the Court is considering 2 […]
Posted in Healthcare, uncategorized ; Tagged: birth control, contracep, contraception, health insurance, reproductive health, Reproductive Rights, United States, US Supreme Court, women's health, Women's rights.
02.25.16
Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: Hidden Damage
By Anna Roberts | Leave a Comment
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant and largely hidden public health issue. It results in an approximated 373,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States with 99,000 survivors classified as disabled and costs an estimated 48.3 billion US dollars with most experts agreeing that these figures are underestimates of the true problem. TBI has […]
Posted in Healthcare, Human Rights ; Tagged: domestic violence, traumatic brain injury, violence against women, women's health.
09.18.15
Upcoming Global Health Law Leader: Estefania Palomino on Women's Health and Social Justice
By Ana S. Ayala | Leave a Comment
A few weeks back, we welcomed our new class of students in our Global Health Law LL.M. Program. As the Director of the program, I could not be more enthusiastic about what this group of students will offer their communities and the world once they leave the program. As their advisor, I have the pleasure of getting to know […]
Posted in Global Health, Global Health Law LL.M., Human Rights ; Tagged: abortion, Colombia, global health equity, Global Health Law LL.M., Health Affairs, health equity, reproductive health, Reproductive Rights, women's health, Women's rights.
05.28.15
International Day of Action for Women’s Health: Our Health, Our Lives, Our Rights
By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment
Today is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health. Since 1987, the campaign has provided advocates with a space to identify gaps in the area of women’s health and coordinate calls to action. The collaborative calls to action have focused on a range of topics, including access to quality health care, access to safe […]
Posted in Human Rights ; Tagged: abortion, access to health care, HIV/AIDS, human rights, mdgs, right to health, sustainable development goals, United Nations, women's health, Women's rights.
05.11.15
In celebration of our mothers: key supporters of our health and wellbeing
By Sarah Roache | Leave a Comment
My mother was fiercely supportive and protective of the people she loved and the causes she believed in. Her strength as a woman, her dedication as a mother, and her death in a car accident when I was a teenager, inspired me to become an advocate for the health and wellbeing of others. Here at […]
Posted in uncategorized ; Tagged: Mother's Day, women's health.
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