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Public Policy

Mortality Inequality: Life Expectancy Declines for Some U.S. Women

Double Dose: Pregnancy-Bias Complaints Surge; Feminism, Food & Politics; Study on Feminists' Attitudes Toward Body Image; Anti-Depressants and the "Obesity Epidemic"

Stolen Laptop Contains Patients' Data

Double Dose: A Modest Proposal for Pregnant Teens; C-Section Stats Under Review; Googling Your Health; New Info on Medicare and Health Insurance Coverage

Seeing Red: Diet Coke and Heart Disease

Meet Your Government-Issued Health Standard: Reference Man

Double Dose: Breast Cancer and Environmental Exposures; Another Report Debunks Abstinence Only Programs; Mental Health and Insurance Coverage; and What if Roe Fell?

U.S. Women's Health Rated "Unsatisfactory"

Another Appalling Family Planning Appointee

Double Dose: Photos of Nursing Babies Deleted by Facebook; Few LGBT Characters on TV; New Studies on Black Women and Maternal Health

Double Dose: Maternal Deaths on the Rise; Surge of Low-Dose Hormones; Demand Not Met for Prenatal Care; and Hot Chicks and Cancer

On Violence Against Women in Iraq -- and at Home

Double Dose: Women's Equality Day and the Annual Equal Rites Awards; Glamour Editor Delivers Message to Lawyers About "Political" Hairstyles; Monkeys Speak "Baby Talk"

Anti-Contraception Activism: It's Time to Spotlight Political Pandering

Double Dose: The Gay Presidential Debate; Reproductive Health and Pop Culture; Doctors Deal with Fear of Federal Abortion Ban

Breastfeeding Advocates Focus on Legislation

Double Dose: Tobacco as a Cancer Vaccine, Family Leave Values, and What Should the Criminal Penalty Be For a Woman Who Has an Abortion?

What the FDA Will Pay to Keep its Policy Officials

A Warped World for Native American Women Seeking Justice

Double Dose: The Value of Maternal Employment, a U.S. Presidential Candidate and Her Breasts, More on Film and the Missing A-Word, and Empowered Women on TV: That's So Hot!