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    We document the systemic obstacles preventing women from accessing reliable health care, including maternal, newborn, and sexual and reproductive health care, and delineate the consequences of not prioritizing women’s safety and security, including gender-based violence. Through rigorous data reporting, we expose how investing in women’s health benefits communities, economies, and entire societies.

    She ended her pregnancy a year before Florida would have banned it — now she’s running for Congress

    Candidates like Florida’s Lucia Báez-Geller and Tennessee’s Gloria Johnson are putting their personal stories at the center of their campaigns.
    by Jessica Washington

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on June 24, 2024. Subscribe here.

    The Supreme Court Upholds Access to Mifepristone Amid Ongoing Abortion Rights Battle

    The Supreme Court has ruled to maintain access to the essential abortion medication mifepristone, amidst ongoing legal challenges that could impact women in restrictive states.
    by Jodi Enda

    How the latest abortion case in front of SCOTUS worries maternity-care advocates

    In the latest abortion case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Idaho argues to overturn decades-old emergency law that treats millions of pregnant patients every year.
    by Erica Hensley

    Why is the female veteran suicide rate spiking? Could it be AI?

    A government algorithm designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans prioritizes white men and ignores survivors of sexual violence.
    by Aaron Glantz

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 27, 2024. Subscribe here.

    Artificial Intelligence: Veteran Suicide Prevention Algorithm Favors White Men

    An artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans prioritizes white men and ignores survivors of sexual violence, which affects a far greater percentage of women, an investigation by The Fuller…
    by Aaron Glantz

    This story was published in partnership with Military Times and Military.com

    Guttmacher study reckons with damage done by Trump-era restrictions on women in Ethiopia, Uganda

    Donald Trump’s restrictions tied to health aid have had repercussions far beyond abortion, says a new study by the Guttmacher Institute.
    by Jodi Enda

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 20, 2024. Subscribe here.

    Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Incredibly unjust’ — How medical research feeds a vicious cycle of inequality

    The latest Alzheimer’s breakthrough largely excluded Black women, who are most disproportionately impacted by the devastating disease.
    by Erica Hensley

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 13, 2024. Subscribe here.

    ‘My community is still dying’ — How the dearth of Black women in clinical research worsens health disparities

    By 2020, there was one Black woman for every 10 white women in FDA-approved drug trials.
    by Erica Hensley

    Online images are making gender bias worse, research shows

    Pictures stick in our minds. But men dominate online images of various professionals, amplifying stereotypes against women.
    by Maggie Fox

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 22, 2024. Subscribe here.

    New federal report calls out clinical trials for excluding pregnant women

    A new report from the influential National Academies of Sciences pushes back on the unspoken rule in medical research that pregnant and breastfeeding women are too vulnerable and risky to include in clinical trials.
    by Erica Hensley

    While many Black women in US abandon hair relaxers linked to cancer, sales climb in African countries

    The companies at the center of thousands of U.S. lawsuits produce some of Africa’s most popular chemical straighteners like Dark & Lovely and TCB Naturals.
    by Susan Smith Richardson, Agatha Gichana

    This story is published in partnership with The Examination, BONews, Capital B, The Guardian and Nation Media Group.

    Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men

    Women are neglected by medical research, especially when it comes to heart disease.
    by Maggie Fox

    Co-published with TIME

    The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

    Women working on India’s sugarcane farms are having expensive and medically unnecessary hysterectomies so they can work uninterrupted - a practice that keeps sugar flowing to Coke, Pepsi and Cadbury, but leaves its victims with…
    by Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan

    This story was produced and published in collaboration with The New York Times. 

    The Global Cost of the American Anti-Abortion Movement

    Conservatives have not limited their attack on reproductive rights to the United States. They’ve been busy imposing their will on other countries, too—with disastrous consequences for millions of poor women.
    by Jodi Enda

    Co-published with The New Republic

    ‘We’re waving our white flag’: What physicians say they need from the U.S. to stop syphilis spread

    Not since 1950 have more pregnant women and babies been sick with syphilis — a perfect storm of slashed public health funding and the spread of maternity-care deserts
    by Erica Hensley

    Iran’s New—Even Worse—Hijab Era Has Begun

    On the eve of parliamentary elections, nationwide protests have ended—and a misogynist backlash is just beginning.
    by the pseudonym of a journalist in Iran., Tooba Moshiri, the pseudonym of a journalist in Iran, Saqi Nassiri

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    The Middle East Has a ‘Sextortion’ Problem

    The region’s social stigmas are deterring women from reporting online sexual abuse.
    by Hashed Mozqer

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?

    Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened.
    by Cheena Kapoor

    Co-published with Scroll

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