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Suicide rates for women increased 4 percent in 2022, according to latest CDC data
The latest CDC data shows a significant increase for women between the ages of 25 and 34. The number of suicides for men increased 2 percent.
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TEST Black women face disproportionate risks from largely unregulated toxic substances in beauty and personal care products
The FDA has finally proposed a ban on formaldehyde in hair straighteners, and new regulations on the cosmetics industry take effect next month. But one activist called them “a floor, not a ceiling.”
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Gabrielle Giffords reflects on gun legislation changes in the 30 years since the Brady Bill
The former congresswoman spoke with The 19th about the gun lobby's growth — and the inroads gun safety groups have made in recent years.
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Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.
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They were prosecuted for using drugs while pregnant. But it may not have been a crime.
Dozens of women in Mississippi have faced child abuse crimes that, based on existing state law, they may not have committed. -
The White House wants to close the gap on health care research for women
'If you ask any woman in America about her health care, she probably has a story to tell,' First Lady Jill Biden said.
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How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
OB-GYNs are often the first or only doctors to learn if a patient is facing intimate partner violence. As they leave places with abortion bans, domestic violence victims are feeling the impacts.
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Rep. Gwen Moore is a domestic violence survivor — and she wants to start a national conversation
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, the Wisconsin congresswoman introduced a resolution calling attention to the 'relationship between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women.'
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Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban could cut access in half
Enforcing a more restrictive abortion law in the state that has emerged as a regional hub in the South is expected to result in “a very chaotic situation,” researchers say.
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'They're just not enough': Students push to improve sexual assault prevention trainings for college men
A first-of-its-kind study from It’s On Us found that just 45 percent of college men receive sexual assault prevention training.