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Beyond the ER: The Road to LGBTQ+ Health Equity
WebThe executive branch’s June decision to restrict the interpretation “on the basis of sex” in the Health Care Rights Law to assigned sex rather than gender identity means that transgender patients can legally be refused healthcare – including COVID-19 testing and treatment – due to their gender. This move compounds issues in access to
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COVID-19 Exposed Racial Inequities in Reproductive Health
WebCOVID-19 has proven that the demand for comprehensive and accessible reproductive health care does not lessen during a time of crisis. The pandemic underscored: the critical need for holistic support during and after pregnancy, the need to protect and increase access to abortions services, and the need to address racial and geographical
Immigration Status: A Political Determinant of Health
WebStudies have shown that COVID-19 is more likely to have serious health consequences for older individuals, as well as for men. When we adjust for population-level differences in age and gender, we find that immigrants experienced a COVID-19 mortality rate twice that of US-born Minnesotans: 261.4 vs 129.7 deaths per 100,000. When we …
Gender and the First 100 days of Health Policy
WebThese statements get to the heart of two characteristics central to this administration’s and the 115th Congress’ approach to health care policy in its first 100 days: individualization and androcentrism. Both characteristics are bad news for gender equity – and ultimately, families and the economy. A focus on the individual seems neutral
Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: Economic, Public Health, and
WebLeigh Goodmark is a Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law, where she directs the Gender Violence Clinic, a clinic providing direct representation in matters involving intimate partner abuse, sexual assault, trafficking, and other cases involving gender violence. Featured image by Jobs For Felons Hub, …
Pro-Life and Pro-Woman
WebThe legislation that led to the end of Roe v.Wade was originally introduced by Mississippi Republican House member Becky Currie. In an op ed, she defended her 15-week abortion ban by drawing on her experience as a nurse in the 1980s: “I experienced the joy of delivering babies working in the labor-and-delivery department, and the horror of post …
Gender, Masculinity, and COVID-19
WebAccording to Global Health 5050, men have accounted for 64 percent of deaths from COVID-19 globally as of March 27. This stark difference in death rates is alarming. To explain the discrepancy, researchers are considering biological factors, such as greater immunity among women due to the additional X chromosome, as well as gender factors, …
COVID-19 and the “ Strong Black Woman
WebThe vulnerability of Black women during COVID-19 reveals the inadequacy of federal, state, and local governments to reduce the social inequalities and systemic racism that form the basis of racial health disparities in the United States. Far too many Black women know all too well the question put before them is not whether inherent problems
Fossil Fuel Extraction Endangers Women’s Health and Safety. Who …
WebIn April 2021, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) re leased a report spotlighting the intersections of gender, race, the fossil fuel industry and complicit financial institutions.. The report, Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions: A Call to Action for the …
Black Women, Migration, and the Delay of Fair Housing
WebBlack women and girls largely migrated to work as domestic laborers or clerical worker and outnumbered black men in the migration 88:100 from 1955-1960 and 91:100 from 1965-1971 (historian James N. Gregory attributes the gender tilt to the women’s particularly low job prospects in the south). These women and girls immediately faced …
In Prison in a Pandemic: Gender Behind Bars
WebRachel Ellis is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. On April 28, Andrea High Bear was the first woman in federal prison to die from the novel coronavirus. The details surrounding her death are deeply troubling. High Bear, a 30-year-old Native woman also known by her married …
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Minnesota’s Native Communities Deserve Investments in Prenatal …
WebHigh Rates of Diabetes Further Complicate Pregnancies. Adequate prenatal care is especially important for women who have existing health conditions like diabetes, which is the leading risk factor for poor outcomes in pregnancy, increasing the chance of mothers dying in pregnancy and increasing the risk birth defects by over 70%. Native …
Inequities Drive Different Experiences With Pain and Opioids
WebSince 1999, the rate of drug overdose deaths involving opioids has increased almost six times. Prescription opioids were involved in 36 percent of the total 47,000 fatal overdoses in 2017. Although prescription opioids can be a healthy part of a comprehensive plan for pain management, there are many associated risks including misuse, diversion
Gun Violence in Schools: A Roundtable Discussion
WebIn 2022, there were at least 300 school shootings in the U.S. It is heartbreaking and terrifying all at once. The concurrent Covid-19 pandemic and the epidemic of gun violence in schools have exposed the vulnerabilities of our education system. The safety and well-being of students and teachers seem precarious at best.
More than Ever, We Need Comprehensive Sex Education
WebThirty-four states require that sex ed stress AOUM, if delivered at all. Only 19 states require inclusion of information on contraceptive methods, 13 require information on consent, and only nine require affirmation of LGBTQ+ identities or sexual health concerns. By contrast, a mere five states require comprehensive sex education in schools.
The Pandemic Underscores the Need for Feminist Foreign Policy
WebThe pandemic has widened gender-based inequalities around the world. UN Women estimates that 47 million women and girls have been pushed into poverty by COVID-19. The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy reports that the pandemic has fueled an increase in domestic violence, intensified gender labor inequality, postponed sexual and …
Beyond Choice: Abortion Rights in Latin America
WebWhile abortion rights are facing an imminent threat in the US, feminists in Latin America, a region historically known for conservative policies on reproductive rights, have recently won the legalization of abortion on demand in many countries.Abortion has been legalized in Uruguay in 2012, in Argentina in 2020, and in Colombia in 2022.
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