Learn More About Inequities in Breast Cancer: Race and Place Matter
Breast Cancer Action is offering a free, one-hour webinar examining the racial and socio-economic factors that influence the health of individuals and communities. Titled … More The post Learn More...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinars on the Intersection of Reproductive Justice with...
The National Women’s Law Center and Law Students for Reproductive Justice are co-hosting two upcoming webinars of interest. The October webinar is on … More The post Upcoming Webinars on the...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, and You: How to Make the Right Decisions for...
Angelina Jolie certainly has good intentions in sharing her experience with breast cancer genetic testing and her decision to have a prophylactic mastectomy, … More The post Angelina Jolie, Breast...
View ArticleAll Pinked Out in October? There’s a Cure for That! Join the Think Before You...
by Annie Sartor Policy and Campaigns Coordinator, Breast Cancer Action Why is the breast cancer epidemic still raging after 30 years of “awareness” … More The post All Pinked Out in October? There’s a...
View ArticleMedical Groups Call on Health Care Providers to Advocate for Reduced Exposure...
Two major medical societies and an important research group have released a joint statement calling on health care providers to advocate for reduced exposure … More The post Medical Groups Call on...
View ArticleIs There a Connection Between Endometriosis and Environmental Pollutants?
Endometriosis is a painful and puzzling condition in which the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus — the endometrium — grows … More The post Is There a Connection Between Endometriosis and...
View ArticleWhat’s the Connection Between Snowfall in Boston and Health and Human Rights?
Amy Agigian explains why the effects of extreme weather are more than just a nuisance and who bears the brunt of environmental degradation. More The post What’s the Connection Between Snowfall in...
View ArticlePink Ribbon Consumerism Makes Me Sick
Each October, as national breast cancer awareness month rolls around, I find myself fluctuating between pink-nausea and pink-rage. Efforts to commodify and to “cutetify” breast cancer have run amok....
View ArticleThese Underwear are Trying to Make Managing Your Period More Sustainable
A new option for managing your period: reusable, absorbent, and leak-free underwear in different styles. More The post These Underwear are Trying to Make Managing Your Period More Sustainable appeared...
View ArticleWhat the Standing Rock Resistance Can Teach Us About Reproductive Justice for...
For many Native women, protecting the earth and water at Standing Rock is deeply connected to the right to bodily autonomy and reproductive justice. More The post What the Standing Rock Resistance Can...
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