Dr. Sophia Yen, co-founder & CEO of Pandia Health, discusses her experiences as the founder of a women-led, doctor-led birth control delivery service.
Tag: Sexual and Reproductive Health
The Fight for Our Rights: Women, Mass Incarceration, and Criminal Justice
Mass incarceration is not typically discussed in the context of the way it impacts and causes harm to women.
Could “Missed Period Pills” Be the Future of Reproductive Health Care?
What if someone with a late period could address a possible unwanted pregnancy without needing even to find out if a pregnancy test was positive?
It’s no surprise that many people facing a possible unwanted pregnancy would prefer missed period pills over confirming a pregnancy and opting to have an abortion.
Telemedicine Is Revolutionizing Abortion Health Care—in Ways Likely To Persist Long Past COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming many aspects of our lives, and abortion is no exception. Telemedicine is expanding access to abortion healthcare in ways that are likely to persist long after the pandemic is over.
Feminist Wishes for 2021: Continuing the Fight
As 2020 draws to a close, Ms. is looking forwards towards the new year (and new administration!), and thinking about the most vital issues for feminists to be aware of — because there’s so much more work to be done.
With this in mind, we talked to some of our favorite feminists about their top priorities for issues the country is facing from the environment to reproductive rights to voting, and what changes they’re hoping for 2021.
The Pink Tax That’s Costing Women Billions of Dollars a Year—and What We Can Do About It
Shoppers scrambling for last minute gift purchases might notice a disturbing pattern: Items targeting female consumers are often more expensive than similar products and services marketed towards men—a phenomenon often referred to as the “pink tax.”
Argentina’s Lower Chamber Legalizes Abortion Up to 14 Weeks
Argentine feminists believe the time has finally come for abortion to be legalized.
“Stop making women’s bodies the battleground of all the political and economic issues you cannot solve.”
State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other
This year, 24 abortion restrictions were enacted, as were 16 provisions that protect and expand access to abortion services (including two identical sets of provisions in Virginia), and another 74 provisions that expand access to reproductive health services and education.
The Weekly Pulse: Vaccinations Begin in U.S., While Poverty Rates See Largest Increase in 60 Years
In this edition of The Weekly Pulse: Poverty rates see the largest increase in 60 years while Congress debates COVID relief packages; updates on the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine; and, the repro rundown.
The Ms. Q&A: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf on What the U.S. Can Learn From Scotland’s Period Products Law
Scotland recently became the first nation in the world to mandate all period products in the country will be free for anyone who needs them.
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, menstrual equity expert and founder of Period Equity, discusses the historic nature of Scotland’s new law; how it’s going to work, in practice; how we might model it in the U.S.; and how COVID is affecting menstrual equity here in the States.