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'We all know somebody': Rep. Lauren Underwood on the fight to stop pregnancy-related deaths
Underwood spoke with The 19th about her efforts to undo a crisis that disproportionately harms Black people.
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Women may be more worried about COVID-19 vaccines. Experts say addressing their fears is essential.
Women typically play a big role in helping their family members navigate the health system, so any skepticism could have powerful implications.
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Research shows mixed results for South Carolina IUD access program
The initiative, meant to expand access to contraceptives after people give birth, has been emulated by more than 30 states.
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CDC: Almost two-thirds of people with a COVID-19 vaccine are women
The data paints an incomplete picture of the first people to get vaccinated but underscores the large number of women in health care and nursing homes.
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For women workers, new COVID vaccine candidates could alleviate access challenges
Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine is 85 percent effective against severe illness, and could be far easier to deploy.
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Undocumented women are among the most vulnerable to COVID. Vaccinating them will be difficult.
Undocumented frontline workers, and particularly women, are next in line to get vaccinated, but they face a host of barriers in accessing the coronavirus vaccine.
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About two-thirds of Black women and Latinas don’t know where to get a COVID vaccine
The number reflects a stark racial disparity on vaccine information and underscores the challenges in vaccinating the people most affected by COVID-19.
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Medical experts worry about fallout from Supreme Court abortion ruling
The January ruling holds that people seeking medication abortions must pick up the pill in person — going against an emerging medical consensus.
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Biden is set to undo Trump’s international abortion restrictions. Experts say it isn’t enough.
Research suggests the restrictions, which stem from the so-called “Mexico City policy,” have increased unintended pregnancy rates abroad. Advocates are calling for the policy’s permanent end.
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Biden to announce his $1.9 trillion economic plan. Much of it will help women.
In what he’s calling his “Rescue” plan, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his economic proposal to get aid to families, child care centers, schools and those hardest hit by the pandemic. The plan would need support from Congress to pass.