NARAL Co-Founder Proskauer Smith Dies

Ruth Proskauer Smith, a longtime abortion-rights advocate and one of the founding members of NARAL Pro-Choice America, died Friday in Manhattan at age 102, the New York Times reports. Smith’s work in the reproductive rights field began as a field worker for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts in the 1940s, and she later worked as the group’s executive secretary…

Early Menopause Can Result In Earlier Onset Dementia

Women experiencing an early onset of menopause could develop dementia at a younger age. Research by Tonnie Coppus of Erasmus MC has indicated this. She studied women with Down Syndrome, who are known to have an early onset of menopause. The results of her research can be translated to apply to the general population. Her results are published in the Journal of Alzheimer Disease…

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The Way A Woman Negotiates Condom Use Influences How She Is Perceived By Others

Whether it’s the man or the woman who suggests using a condom makes no difference to how he or she is viewed. However, how the woman suggests it makes a difference…

Study Examines Reproductive Coercion Of Female Teens By Partners

About one in five female patients at family planning centers report experiencing reproductive coercion — pressure by a male partner through verbal threats, physical violence or birth control tampering to become pregnant, according to a study published in the journal Contraception, Newsweek reports…

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