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Stories by Molly M. Ginty

Molly M. Ginty is a freelance writer based in New York.

Why Employer-Based Health Insurance Doesn't Cut It

The majority of doctors believe a single-payer system would provide the best care.
Posted on Jan 14, 2009, Source: Women's eNews

FDA Advisers Recommend New Female Condom

The new female condom reduces the risk of sexually transmitted infection by 97 percent and is safe for people who have allergies to latex.
Posted on Dec 16, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

Tough Economy Tightens Surrogacy Market

Increasing numbers of infertile people have been using surrogacy to have children, but a tougher economy is pushing it further out of reach.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

'Abortion Pill' Awaits New Political Treatment

Controversy over the "abortion pill" has stymied scientists' ability to research its potential to treat breast cancer and other diseases.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: Women's eNews

The Health Risks of Racism

Is inequality making us sick?
Posted on Oct 9, 2007, Source: Women's eNews

Silicone Breast Implants Face Hearings in Congress

After the FDA lifted a 14-year ban on silicone breast implants many women are weighing the devices' potential side effects.
Posted on Feb 17, 2007, Source: Women's eNews

How Environmental Pollutants Are Causing Reproductive Problems

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

Life Before Roe v. Wade

More than thirty years later, three people who helped provide abortions before Roe tell their stories.
Posted on Jan 20, 2006, Source: Choice! Magazine

Through the Back Door

While the FDA delays over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception, eight states are taking matters into their own hands.
Posted on Nov 10, 2005, Source: Women's eNews

Women on the Front Lines

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

A Day Without Roe

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

Stem Cells May Swing Voters

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

Prevention and Cure

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