My Body, My Choice: Aesthetic Flat Closure after Mastectomy
by Kim Bowles In 2016, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. After careful consideration and lots of research, … More
Blog Posts: Guest Contributor
Women with Breast Implants Should Not Need to Wait for Safety Information They Urgently Need
by Rose Weitz and Diana Zuckerman Although breast implants have been sold since the 1960s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first … More
Free the Pill!
by Carrie Baker Sixty years ago this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill for distribution in the … More
The Very Early Perimenopause: What We Can Learn from Dr. Jerilynn Prior’s Research
by Nina Coslov In my early 40s, I started noticing changes in my body. A once great sleeper, I was now waking at … More
Dirty Business: Lack of Menstrual Equity in Colombian Prisons
By Charlie Ruth Castro Lee este post en español Let’s talk about menstruation – a natural and necessary process among women, but one … More
Negocio Sucio: Falta de Equidad Menstrual en las Cárceles Colombianas
By Charlie Ruth Castro Read this post in English Vamos a hablar de menstruación, el proceso más natural y necesario para la buena … More
Congress Wants to Give Companies the Right to Own Our Genes
by Lori Andrews Six years ago, on June 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in AMP v. Myriad took a great step forward … More
“Simone de Beauvoir alone would never have gotten me from intellect to action”
Note from OBOS co-founder Judy Norsigian: After publication of my reflections piece in the June 2019 issue of the American Journal of Public … More
Refusing to Be Silenced: Federal Gag Rule an Active Threat to All Who Care about HIV
by Anna Forbes On April 23, Judge Michael McShane of Federal District Court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against a federal “gag … More
Gender-Inclusive Puberty and Health Education is Life-Affirming for All
by Joel Baum and Kim Westheimer A fifth-grade student walks into their first-ever puberty education class. They look around the room: maybe they … More