2A. Gynecology and Obstetrics. General Issues of Women's Reproductive Health: Menstruation, Menopause, Pregnancy, etc.
[This section covers Menstruation. For Period Poverty,
see Section 15, Women and Poverty, Homelessness, Period Poverty.]
… it is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone else.
― Sarah Weddington, A Question of Choice
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The Big Push for Midwives Campaign
"... represents tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who support increasing access to Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs), community birth and out-of-hospital maternity care. We push for more birth options in America with CPMs, who provide affordable, quality, community-based care that is proven to reduce costly and preventable interventions, as well as decrease the rate of low-birth weight and premature births."
https://pushformidwives.org/
Larissa.Health [Germany and international]
"... a midwife-led, midwife-strengthening platform, putting maternal health on a sustainable path."
https://larissa.health/index
With Woman
“… birth workers and activists, focused on the pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding concerns of women. Sex-based language is important due to sex-based oppression.”
https://with-woman.org
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Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can’t take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can’t take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.
― Faye Wattleton
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19 States Attorneys General. “Comments opposing the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy."
Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Re: RIN Number 0945–AA20, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, 88 Fed. Reg. 23506 (Apr. 17, 2023)
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/657773029-Mississippi-AG-opposes-reproductive-care-privacy-rule.pdfRobert Bradley. "Husband-coached childbirth (1996)." (2026)
https://archive.ph/XpzMk
Julia Belluz and Nina Martin. “The extraordinary danger of being pregnant and uninsured in Texas: The state’s system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn and encourages subpar care.” [2019]
https://archive.ph/wip/RDdYd
Robert Bradley. "Husband-coached childbirth (1996)." (2026)
https://archive.ph/XpzMk
Tanya Gold. "The deadly omertà of childbirth: Why aren't women allowed to talk about how dangerous reproduction can be?" [2020]
https://archive.ph/S5jMA
Larissa.Health [Germany]. "What it means to be pregnant in prostitution." [n.d.]
https://archive.ph/rJ3vH
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The ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives.
― Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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The World Bank. “Menstural health and hygiene.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/VZLUe
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They’re not pro-life. You know what they are? They’re anti-woman. Simple as it gets, anti-woman. They don’t like them. They don’t like women. They believe a woman’s primary role is to function as a brood mare for the state.
― George Carlin
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Elinor Cleghorn. Unwell women: Misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world. [2021] BOOK
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646468/unwell-women-by-elinor-cleghorn/
Lydia Reeder. The cure for women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the challenge to Victorian medicine that changed women's lives forever. [2024] BOOK
https://lydiareeder.com/the-cure-for-women-overview/
Naomi Wolf. Vagina: A new biography. [2012] BOOK