New GOP Health Care Plan Would Hurt People who Need Health Care Most!
By Raising Women's Voices Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives gave up on their first attempt to replace the Affordable Care Act … More
Blog Posts: Guest Contributor
Depo-Provera Linked to HIV Risk? Women Need to Know
by Anna Forbes This article was originally published at Rewire and is reposted with permission. Does using Depo-Provera (an injectable contraceptive) increase a woman’s risk of … More
Putting Prevention in the Hands of Women: Combining Contraception with HIV & STI Prevention
by Bethany Young Holt This International Women’s Day, it is clear that the global community needs to act boldly to maintain progress we have … More
Seven Stories of Street Harassment
By Dylan Campbell “It’s like that sick, sinking feeling you get when you’re walking down the street minding your own business and some … More
The DES Archives: Learning from a Public Health Tragedy
By Su Robotti The history of the drug DES and the organization DES Action includes court battles that changed laws, grassroots organizing that … More
Sexual Assault: A 21st Century Civil Rights Issue
by Minnah Stein For generations, Our Bodies Ourselves has empowered women to understand and embrace their bodies and the health issues they face. … More
Do Hormonal Methods of Birth Control Raise Depression Risk? That’s Complicated.
by Tara Haelle When the birth control pill debuted more than 50 years ago, women wanted to know: Is it safe? There wasn't much … More
A Farewell to Abstinence and Fidelity: Comments on the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS
by Mikaela Hildebrand In June, I took part in the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS as part of the official Swedish … More
“I Wouldn’t Recommend It to Anyone”: What We Can Learn from Women who have had Bad Experiences with Depo-Provera
By Laura Wershler Note from OBOS: In 2009 and again in 2012, Our Bodies Ourselves posted two blog posts on the adverse effects … More
Fat-Talk Nation: Why Fat Is Still A Feminist Issue
By Susan Greenhalgh By all accounts, America is facing a catastrophic obesity epidemic. A rising number of people are obese or overweight. The … More