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![Columbus-area residents Beth and Kyle Long head into the Franklin County Early Vote Center in the rain.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-10-e1698607050120-900x422.webp)
As Ohioans vote on Issue 1, DeWine hopes to thwart it by promising to relax six-week abortion ban
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Early voting continues for the Nov. 7 election, which includes Issue 1, the abortion access and reproductive rights amendment. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says Issue… Read More
![An illustration of a cancer outbreak and treatment for malignant cancer cells in a human body](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/shutterstock_1821340823-e1697421168269-900x422.jpg)
A new study highlights the systemic barriers to cancer treatment for women
By: Ali Rogin | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer has been one of the top two leading causes of death in the United States for 75 years…. Read More
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Ohio’s Supreme Court hears the case that could lead to the return of the state’s six-week abortion ban
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday that could determine whether the state’s six-week abortion ban will go into effect. At issue is if… Read More
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U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here’s who is most at risk
By: Pien Huang | Jane Greenhalgh | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The number of maternal deaths in the U.S. has more than doubled in the last 20 years, according to a new study, published in JAMA, the Journal… Read More
![Boxes of petitions containing signatures supporting putting an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot sit in a U-Haul truck outside the Ohio Secretary of State's office, waiting to be unloaded.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-e1688569656724-900x422.webp)
Abortion rights supporters file signatures to get an amendment to Ohio voters in November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that support reproductive rights submitted more than 700,000 signatures to put an amendment guaranteeing access to abortion in Ohio before voters in November…. Read More
![Abortion rights supporters protest at the Ohio Statehouse on Sunday, June 26, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/img-2755-scaled-e1659643028627-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s State Supreme Court rules the abortion question will go forward as single issue
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two… Read More
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Menopause is ubiquitous, so why is it often stigmatized and ignored?
By: Ali Rogin | Claire Mufson | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — The transition into menopause is an inevitable part of life. For many, it’s accompanied by a range of symptoms including hot flashes, insomnia and weight gain. NewsHour’s… Read More
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After wins at the ballot, abortion rights groups want to ‘put this to the people’
By: Sarah McCammon | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Abortion rights supporters had a successful run of ballot measures this year. In states where voters were asked to weigh in directly on abortion rights, they… Read More
![A midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, uses a hand-held doppler probe on a patient from Yazoo City to measure the heartbeat of her fetus in 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ap21363508069199_wide-82522ca3cee5e334d97e7348764b90aa0926361f-scaled-e1665596589649-900x422.jpg)
Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here’s what can be done
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Access to maternity care is decreasing in the parts of the U.S. that need it the most, affecting nearly 7 million women of childbearing age and… Read More
![A survey of women ages 18 to 44 found that for an estimated 3.3 million women in that age group, were raped before they ever had a sexual encounter. Researchers say if the numbers included all women they'd be much higher.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rape-health-effects-8933754357bb9dd24fee76d5e8154e779b06043f-e1568904641471-900x422.jpg)
‘Tip Of The Iceberg’ — 1 In 16 Women Reports First Sexual Encounter As Rape
By: Rhitu Chatterjee | NPR
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The average age of those who were raped was around 15, and their assailants were typically older partners. Women who were raped had a greater likelihood of long-term health problems.
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Women’s March – Athens
The 2019 Women’s March in Athens will be held on Saturday, January 19th, from 1 – 3 pm. Speakers will kick off the rally at Scripps Amphitheater. Marchers will walk,… Read More