Videos Discuss Ariz. Shooting, Philippine Reproductive Health Bill

The following summarizes select women’s health-related videos. Women’s Health Advocate Discusses Shooting: After Saturday’s deadly shootings in Arizona, some women’s health advocates drew parallels between violent rhetoric in the antiabortion-rights movement and similar language in other areas of politics. National Advocates for Pregnant Women Executive Director Lynn Paltrow — a cousin of Rep…

New York Times Profiles Afghani Maternal Health Advocate

The New York Times profiles Pashtoon Azfar, the director of Afghanistan’s Institute of Health Sciences, who works for a nonprofit group from Johns Hopkins University that focuses on women and children’s health, and “also manages to serve as president of the Afghan Midwives Association.” Azfar was the “star” of a recent