Fibroid Relief Website

Fibroid Relief Website

Repro Health Resources

For less invasive fibroid treatment options:


Minimally invasive gynecologists:

http://www.aagl.org/find-mig-physician


Specialists in uterine fibroid embolization:

http://www.ask4ufe.com/gettingTreatment/findASpecialist.cfm

A great resource for Chicago-area folks seeking contraceptive and other reproductive health options, especially if your health history/situation is complicated:


http://familyplanning.uchicago.edu/patient-services/gynecology-reproductive-health-clinic/

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States

Facts on Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services in the United States

Medical Apartheid

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Mississippi Appendectomy

an evolving online archive of information about forced sterilizations of women of color that is being compiled by Serena Sebring.
http://mississippiappendectomy.wordpress.com/about/

Top 50 Blogs About Reproductive Rights

by Erin Johansson on Health Hawk:
http://masterofpublichealth.org/2010/top-50-blogs-about-reproductive-rights/

Dr. Nicole Rousseau's Black Women's Reproductive Health Study

Our colleague Dr. Nicole Rousseau is conducting focus groups on Black women's reproductive health this fall:

http://www.nicolerousseau.info/Women_s_Health_Study.php

Our talk at SSSP conference

We just presented some work in progress in August at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting in Las Vegas:

“Race, Sexuality and Reproductive Surgeries,” Elizabeth B. Erbaugh, Butler University and Dionne Bensonsmith, Scripps College

Session 25: Reproductive Health: Current Issues and Prospects for Change

Sponsored by the SSSP sections on Family; Health, Health Policy, and Health Services

Paper presentations were followed by lively discussion among a great group of presenters and our small but very engaged audience. Thanks to Miranda R. Waggoner, Brandeis University and Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University for organizing our panel.

-BE & DBS

Reproductive Justice (vs. Reproductive Rights)

Working on mapping out the differences between the repro justice and repro rights frameworks for the paper DBS and I are working on. Here are a couple of very helpful resources, portions of which I used in my Gender, Race & Reproduction class at Butler:
Jennifer Nelson's book, Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement (2003, NYU Press), and Silliman et al's book, Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice (2004, South End Press).

Alternative Procedures Marketing to Black Women

While there are many alternatives to hysterectomies for treating fibroids, the hysterectomy still remains the most common "treatment," especially among African American women.  Hysterectomy is the second most common reproductive surgery performed in the United States (C-section being number one) and black women are three times as likely to have a hysterectomy than their white counterparts - the number one reason - heavy bleeding and pain caused by fibroids.  The following article traces the disproportionate impact of hysterectomies on African American women and discusses some of the alternatives currently available.

http://nwhn.org/fibroids-%E2%80%9Cnew%E2%80%9D-options-not-enough-answers

Lost Choices

Lost Choices
"Over the past century, forced sterilization was practiced in many states. In North Carolina, authorities sterilized poor and disabled people into the 1970’s. Last week, the Foundation for Justice for Sterilization Victims in North Carolina gathered testimony from victims. A task force will soon decide on compensation for an estimated 7,600 people who lost the ability to have children. W.C. Lynch was sterilized by the state, and today he tells his story."

Dionne Bensonsmith, Framing Discourses of Reproductive Health and Public Policy

Video from Claremont Graduate University SPE.

Tuesday Lunch Talk Series 4-26-11: Dionne Bensonsmith

"Framing the Discourse: Black Women's Reproductive Health and Policy Change After the 2008 NIH Summit on Health Disparities"

http://vimeo.com/22925234

Dionne Bensonsmith: Race, Choice & Reproductive Health in the Age of Health Care Reform

Podcast from Scripps College.

This talk addresses recent proposals and amendments in the Obama Health Care Plan and their potential effects on reproductive choice — specifically among women of color.

http://media.scrippscollege.edu/scrippscasts/dionne-bensonsmith-race-choice-and-reproductive-health-in-the-age-of-health-care-reform

Black Women's Maternal Risks Go Unquestioned | Womens eNews

Black Women's Maternal Risks Go Unquestioned | Womens eNews

Black Women Re-Defining Agency, Organizing for Reproductive Justice

http://inciteblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/black-women-re-defining-agency-organizing-for-reproductive-justice/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign#incite

INCITE!

MARCH 3, 2011

NYC's High Maternal Deaths Defy Usual Explanations | Womens eNews

NYC's High Maternal Deaths Defy Usual Explanations | Womens eNews