by Yvonne Morris | Feb 5, 2015 | General Women’s Health
When it comes to our bodies, namely our hearts, men and women aren’t equal. While heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in America. Heart disease kills 500,000 women each year—over 50,000 more women than men. Women are more likely than...
by Yvonne Morris | Jan 22, 2015 | Contraceptives
The birth control pill remains one of the most popular methods of birth control for women, along with female sterilization and condoms. Among the two-thirds of women aged 15 to 44 who used birth control, approximately 16 percent used the pill. Female sterilization...
by Yvonne Morris | Jan 15, 2015 | General Women’s Health
Great strides for women insured through the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA). Up until last year, insurance companies could and sometimes did charge women different premiums than men for the same coverage. As of January 1, 2014, the ACA prohibits this gender...
by Yvonne Morris | Jan 8, 2015 | Family Planning
A federal appeals court found the North Carolina ultrasound requirement which requires doctors to perform ultrasounds on patients who seek abortions but also show and describe the images—unconstitutional on Monday. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a...
by Yvonne Morris | Dec 30, 2014 | Family Planning
The number of abortion facilities nationwide has decreased by nearly one-quarter over the last five years, with 60 facilities shuttered in 2014 alone. A total of 551 clinics remain open nationwide, the smallest figure in more than two decades, according to a survey...
