Our Bodies Our Blog
Occasional posts examining the intersection between health, politics, and reproductive justice.
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The “One Percent Doctrine” Undermines Reproductive Health and Politics
August 7, 2007
The rate of caesarean sections is rising rapidly because of a new culture of fear and expediency in healthcare. Eugene Declercq, professor…
Want to Work for Our Bodies Ourselves?
July 3, 2007
Our Bodies Ourselves bids farewell to Publications Program Assistant Elana Hayasaka, who will be reporting for Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit…
OBOS at National Women’s Studies Association Conference
June 29, 2007
The National Women’s Studies Association is holding its annual conference this weekend in St. Charles, Illinois — and Our Bodies Ourselves will…
Good Bones: Prevention and Treatment for All Ages
June 27, 2007
Our Bodies Ourselves Executive Director Judy Norsigian and Managing Editor Heather Stephenson recently wrote about the potential side effects associated with some…
June 8, 2007
The Kid’s All Right — But Those Grandparents …: Writing about the birth of Samuel David Cheney, the son of Mary Cheney…
Our Bodies Our Blog Delivers — And Wants You to Share
June 7, 2007
Let you eyes wander over to the right column and check out a new feature on the OBOB blog. That would be…
May 30, 2007
In a recent commentary at Women’s eNews, Judy Norsigian and Heather Stephenson of Our Bodies Ourselves caution women about buying into the…
Warning: This Commercial May be Dangerous to Your Health
May 23, 2007
Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, wrote a stinging indictment of pharmaceutical advertising that was published yesterday at Women’s Media…
Childbirth Connection’s National Survey on Birth Experiences
April 27, 2007
Childbirth Connection is hosting a special event May 1 to honor Betsy Gotbaum, public advocate for the City of New York, and…
April 18, 2007
Sometimes we appreciate a work of historical scholarship because of the new perspective it offers on the past, sometimes because of the…
Efforts to Overhaul FDA Should Focus on Consumers, Not the Pharmaceutical Industry
April 17, 2007
Recent bills aimed at overhauling the Food & Drug Administration don’t go far enough in protecting the public from potentially dangerous drugs…
Honorable Mentions: OBOS in the News
April 17, 2007
Referencing our most recent book, “Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause,” Jane E. Brody of the New York Times explains that age itself is…
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts … And a Copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves
April 11, 2007
Yes, that was the latest edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” that made a lengthy and prominent cameo on a recent “Friday Night…
National Women’s Health Network Clarifies Menopause Study
April 10, 2007
A new study (PDF) found that hormone therapy may pose less of a risk of coronary heart disease if taken by women…
“Motherland Afghanistan” Captures State of Women’s Health, U.S. Failures in Afghanistan
April 5, 2007
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth. That’s the first fact noticed at the website of “Motherland Afghanistan,” a PBS…
April 4, 2007
by Elana Hayasaka, OBOS Publications Program Assistant In many places like rural Nigeria, a book like “Our Bodies, Ourselves” may be limited…
Tuesdays Are the New Friday: Back Up Your Birth Control Day, Project Girl and a Day Without Feminism
March 20, 2007
A late Double Dose … National Back Up Your Birth Control Day: Today! Feministing has the details. “I just started working at…
Help OBOS Win a MySpace Impact Award
March 5, 2007
I hear from women all the time who describe the positive impact Our Bodies Ourselves has had on their lives. Here’s the…
What Women Want: A More Nuanced, Well-Rounded Approach to Female Sexuality
February 28, 2007
We approach a report on the sixth annual meeting of the International Society for Women’s Sexual Health with a little trepidation —…
February 14, 2007
For your V’Day pleasure, an eclectic round-up of healthy love stories … Women and Heart Disease: Selling Statins: In an op-ed written…
Silicone’s Safety Tested on Women
February 6, 2007
“Women are essentially the experimental lab rats into whom the so-called new and improved ‘fifth generation’ of silicone will be implanted,” asserts…
