Stories by Molly M. Ginty

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Why Employer-Based Health Insurance Doesn't Cut It

Posted on Jan 14, 2009, Source: Women's eNews

The majority of doctors believe a single-payer system would provide the best care.

FDA Advisers Recommend New Female Condom

Posted on Dec 16, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

The new female condom reduces the risk of sexually transmitted infection by 97 percent and is safe for people who have allergies to latex.

Tough Economy Tightens Surrogacy Market

Posted on Jun 26, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

Increasing numbers of infertile people have been using surrogacy to have children, but a tougher economy is pushing it further out of reach.

'Abortion Pill' Awaits New Political Treatment

Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

Controversy over the "abortion pill" has stymied scientists' ability to research its potential to treat breast cancer and other diseases.

The Health Risks of Racism

Posted on Oct 9, 2007, Source: Women's eNews

Is inequality making us sick?

Silicone Breast Implants Face Hearings in Congress

Posted on Feb 17, 2007, Source: Women's eNews

After the FDA lifted a 14-year ban on silicone breast implants many women are weighing the devices' potential side effects.

How Environmental Pollutants Are Causing Reproductive Problems

Posted on Dec 20, 2006, Source: Women's eNews

Across the U.S., female animals exposed to toxic chemicals are suffering from a flurry of health problems, from shrunken ovaries to spontaneous abortions. What does this mean for female humans?

Life Before Roe v. Wade

Posted on Jan 20, 2006, Source: Choice! Magazine

More than thirty years later, three people who helped provide abortions before Roe tell their stories.

Through the Back Door

Posted on Nov 10, 2005, Source: Women's eNews

While the FDA delays over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception, eight states are taking matters into their own hands.

Women on the Front Lines

Posted on Mar 22, 2005, Source: Women's eNews

With 240 female U.S. soldiers injured and 33 killed so far in Iraq and Afghanistan, some military analysts are calling for a review of U.S. policy on women in combat.

A Day Without Roe

Posted on Nov 9, 2004, Source: Women's eNews

Reproductive rights advocates brace themselves for the real possibility that – in the next four years of Bush's presidency – abortion will become illegal again in the United States.

Stem Cells May Swing Voters

Posted on Oct 1, 2004, Source: Women's eNews

With women more likely to support further research on embryonic stem cells, the issue has the potential to widen the gender gap in this election.

Prevention and Cure

Posted on Mar 11, 2004, Source: Women's eNews

Herpevac promises to protect female teens from herpes. But experts are wrestling with how to finance and administer a vaccine designed for a sexually transmitted disease.
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