Urban Christian News: Women's Health Archives

Komen for the Cure Foundation Resumes Funding for Planned Parenthood

By UCN on April 14, 2012 7:01 PM

Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Nancy Brinker attends a dinner at the White House in Washington in this 2011 file photo. (Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS)

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has quietly resumed funding for Planned Parenthood, two months after the leading U.S. breast cancer charity set off an angry and debilitating debate about abortion rights by cutting off funds to the prominent women's health network.

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African American Women More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer

By UCN on March 21, 2012 3:20 PM

More than 1,700 black women die of breast cancer every year in the United States because of racial disparities in cancer risks and access to care, suggests a new study.

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What Christians Need to Know About Eating Disorders

By UCN on February 29, 2012 4:36 PM

11 million Americans battle eating disorders. Here's what Christians need to know.

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Judge Rules Washington State Cannot Force Pharmacies to Sell Plan B, Emergency Contraceptives

By UCN on February 23, 2012 2:47 AM

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Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists - not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them.

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Prenatal Testing Becomes Issue Among Republicans In Race

By UCN on February 23, 2012 1:46 AM

First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.

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Sebelius Calls Contraception Policy 'A Big Triumph for Women'

By UCN on February 16, 2012 6:58 AM

The policy 'is a big triumph for women,' Sebelius said. (Jay Westcott/POLITICO)

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the contraceptive coverage requirement "a major step forward" on Wednesday, making it clear that she's back to full-scale advocacy mode after the Obama administration's compromise on the rule last week.

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Ladies, Beware: Traces of Lead Found In Hundreds of Popular Lipsticks

By UCN on February 15, 2012 1:09 AM

Four hundred of the nation's most popular lipsticks contained trace levels of lead when tested recently by the federal government, confirming similar results of earlier analyses but on a much wider scale and at higher levels than previously detected.

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Obama Contraception Compromise Gains Key Catholic Backers

By UCN on February 10, 2012 1:19 PM

The White House has support from a key Catholic health group on its compromise birth control policy.

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After Backlash, Komen Foundation Revises Funding Policy for Planned Parenthood

By UCN on February 3, 2012 10:43 AM

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation Friday announced it would revise a controversial new policy that barred the organization from funding Planned Parenthood.

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Komen Foundation Urged to Restore Planned Parenthood Funds

By UCN on February 2, 2012 11:21 PM

Participants shout slogans and display placards during a rally to 'stand up for women's health' at the National Mall in Washington, DC, in April 7. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

The nation's leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its own ranks and a roiling anger on the Internet showing the power of social media to harness protest.

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