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Occasional posts examining the intersection between health, politics, and reproductive justice.

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Comments Update

August 24, 2007

More on my goof: Since we’re alerted via e-mail every time a new comment is posted, I was able to re-post almost…

Huge Mistake

August 23, 2007

I think I just made the biggest mistake every blogger fears making. In the process of trying to stop, ban and delete…

Welcome Guest Blogger Rachel Walden

August 15, 2007

I’ll be on vacation through Wednesday, Aug. 22 and will be writing less than usual — but we’ve got a terrific guest…

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…

Double Dose: “Free” Breast Implants, Oliver North on Women’s Liberation in Iraq and More Breast Cancer Studies

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…

Bones to Pick — and Preserve

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…

Past, Present and Future

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…

WAM! Revisited…

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…