Our Bodies Our Blog
Occasional posts examining the intersection between health, politics, and reproductive justice.
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At-Home Fertility Test Doesn’t Answer All Questions
April 9, 2009
More than 50 years ago, network censors prevented Lucille Ball from using the word “pregnant” to describe her, um, pregnancy on “I…
ACLU Survey For Women Who Have Been Advised to Get BRCA Genetic Testing
April 3, 2009
The ACLU has taken an interest in gene patents, which allow human genetic sequences and gene tests to be patented, expressing concern…
Health Concerns Over Egg Donations Increase, Along with Donor Applications
April 2, 2009
Time magazine has a story about growing concerns over the long-term health effects of donating eggs, especially cancer and infertility. The issue…
Open Access Journals Provide Free Access to Health Research
March 16, 2009
Last year, a measure passed that requires researchers who receive federal funding from the National Institutes of Health to abide by a…
March 15, 2009
Obama’s Feminist Mystique: What a week for women in the new adminstration. President Obama named Melanie Verveer, chair and CEO of the…
March 7, 2009
Stem Cell Funding: “President Obama’s decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced…
February 22, 2009
Searching for Common Ground: Robert Pear of The New York Times reports on an apparent consensus emerging among key players in the…
February 21, 2009
Obama Closer to Nominating HHS Secretary: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius appears to be President Obama’s leading choice for secretary of Health and…
Barnard Sponsors Conference on the Politics of Reproduction and New Technologies
February 17, 2009
The Barnard Center for Research on Women is sponsoring a day-long conference Saturday, Feb. 28, on “The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of Life.”…
February 14, 2009
Chemicals in Toyland: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) took effect this week, mandating stricter enforcement of lead and phtalates in…
Reiterating the Lack of Evidence Behind “Bioidentical” Hormones
February 4, 2009
Ever since the Women’s Health Initiative study found that women taking supplemental hormones had an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease…
January 18, 2009
Who Decides? A State-by-State Analysis: NARAL Pro-Choice America has released its 18th edition of “Who Decides? The Status of Women’s Reproductive Rights…
January 3, 2009
Well, it Wasn’t All Bad: “Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush…
December 14, 2008
Necessary Medicine?: “President-elect Barack Obama placed a heavy bet last week that the recession-wracked country he is about to inherit has finally…
Emotional Effects of Pregnancy After Infertility or Loss: An Interview With Jen Dozer
December 8, 2008
When a woman becomes pregnant after experiencing infertility, those around her are likely to expect nothing short of complete joy. Pregnancy, after…
Law Passed to Address Support for Prenatal Diagnoses
October 20, 2008
Earlier this month, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act, a bill “to…
August 19, 2008
Research and follow-up of egg donors has been pretty non-existent — until now. The Donor Sibling Registry, which connects and supports donor…
Scientific Oddity: Researchers Identify “Ovulation Gene,” Ponder Genetic Contraception
July 21, 2008
A brief report in the journal Genes & Development is generating a fair bit of media attention because it describes how a…
June 28, 2008
Planned Parenthood Expands its Reach: “Flush with cash, Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide are aggressively expanding their reach, seeking to woo more affluent…
April 27, 2008
Court Denies Bid to Sterilize Mentally Disabled Woman: “Disability rights advocates and medical ethicists praised a precedent-setting ruling Friday by the Illinois…
Genome Scans: What do You Want to Know About Your DNA?
April 15, 2008
How much would you pay to know your genetic makeup? And once you had the information, how might it affect your behavior?…
