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women’s health
  • No Choice
    How Congress Has Used the Power of the Purse to Block Abortion Access
    November 12, 2017
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Abortion was made legal by the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. But since 1976, Congress has restricted access to abortion by refusing to allow federal dollars to cover abortion services. Poor women, service women, government workers and Native Americans are the most affected. Find out how.
  • Society
    Trump Is in Your Head
    October 5, 2017
    | Mattea Kramer
    The voice and manner that Trump uses to speak to women all too often mirrors the damaging, negative tone we take with ourselves.
  • Health & Science
    Health Care Advocates Reel After Trump Extends Global Gag Rule
    July 5, 2017
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Nearly $9 billion in foreign assistance is on the line.
  • Activism
    Making Change: Morgan Dixon
    May 19, 2017
    | Gail Ablow
    The co-founder of GirlTrek discovered that big changes in the health of black women can begin with small steps — literally — like walking half an hour every day.
  • Activism
    The Christian Doctor Fighting for a Woman’s Right to Choose
    April 14, 2017
    | Dr. Willie Parker
    In 'Life’s Work,' Dr. Willie Parker illuminates the complex realities of abortion in the United States from the unique perspective of someone who performs them and defends the right to do so every day.
  • Health & Science
    Trapped Film Shows Reproductive Rights Fight
    July 8, 2016
    | Theresa Riley
    A PBS documentary follows the clinic workers and lawyers on the front lines of the battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women.
  • Lawmakers Threaten to Gut Affordable Health Care in Many States
    February 2, 2015
    | LeeAnn Hall
    And those at greatest risk of losing coverage are women and people of color.
  • Economy & Work
    "Black Women’s Blueprint" Helps Low-Income Women Get By — Through Bartering
    September 3, 2014
    | Laura Flanders
    Farah Tanis learned that, of the women in poverty she worked with, nine out of 10 had experienced violence — so she started a bartering network to help them survive.
  • Civil Liberties
    Ten Races That May Hinge on the 'War on Women'
    July 18, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    Here are some key congressional races that women’s health advocates will be watching this November.
  • The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
    July 18, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    With new state laws and Supreme Court rulings, the battle over women’s reproductive rights is being fought more fiercely than ever. Roe v. Wade itself may be in peril. Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards joins Bill this week.


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