Tag Archives: Health
Victims of eugenic sterilization in NC to be compensated
From 1929 to 1974 about 7,600 (and possibly more) people were sterilized without their consent because they were assessed by state social workers to be “feeble-minded,” having a “mental disease” or suffering from epilepsy. Many of those that were forcibly sterilized were poor, black women deemed unfit to be parents. From NPR: People as young as [...]
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It’s better (and worse) than we thought: UN releases 2011 Human Development Report
Given that it’s a new year, it’s the perfect time to highlight the previous year’s human development news. Human development is about expanding people’s choices and building sustainable societies on shared natural resources. Recently released, the 2011 Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Fund focuses on linking the challenge of sustainable development to the [...]
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Dangerously misinformed article on eating disorders posted on Muscle and Fitness website
*Trigger warning: I care a lot about the readers of this blog and I respectfully ask that you please do not read on if you are prone to be triggered around eating and health or body-related themes.* Feministing reader Ann wrote in this week to alert us to a very disturbing article posted on Muscle [...]
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Gynecologists told to prepare to treat transgender patients
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has come out with a new statement for their members: it’s time to prepare to work with transgender patients. To address the significant health care disparities of transgender individuals and to improve their access to care, ob-gyns should prepare to provide routine treatment and screening or refer them [...]
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How the war on reproductive rights hurts women with disabilities