Women’s Health
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Right-wing ‘trad wife’ influencers are telling young women lies about birth control
Social media-driven misinformation, amplified by high-profile conservative influencers, is pushing young women away from hormonal birth control—replacing informed consent with fear and half-truths in a country where pregnancy is significantly more dangerous than modern contraception.
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This Phoenix dad, husband, and doctor just helped change abortion rules in Arizona
Local doctor Paul Isaacson helped change Arizona’s abortion rules after years of fighting for his patients to have the freedom to make their own decisions.
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Explained: Why AZ doctors are fighting these abortion rules in court right now
Even after voters said yes to abortion rights, some Arizona laws are still making it hard—and sometimes impossible—to get care.
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Arizona Medicaid now covers traditional healing, helping Native communities preserve tradition
Arizona is one of the first states where Medicaid covers traditional healing, helping Native communities preserve tradition.
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‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ in Arizona are deceiving pregnant women
There are over 40 crisis pregnancy centers in Arizona, and their goal is to distract women from accessing legal abortion care.
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Cost, care, control: Families in rural Arizona choose midwives over hospitals
Women in rural Arizona, where obstetric care is sparse or nonexistent, have turned to home birth as a viable alternative for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
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Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services, citing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ restrictions
Every Republican in Arizona’s congressional delegation voted for the bill, while all Democrats voted against.
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Trump’s VA abortion ban is a step backwards for Arizona veterans
For two female veterans in Arizona who experienced a career riddled with sexism—an abortion ban for veterans only makes things worse.
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Travel time rose post-Dobbs in states limiting abortion, with AZ seeing surge from Texas
In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average—11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours.
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In AZ, other states where voters backed abortion rights after Dobbs, legal fights persist
Following voters’ approval of Prop 139, Democratic lawmakers in Arizona have tried to repeal bans on abortion advertising and telehealth prescriptions for the drug used in two-thirds of US abortions.
