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Tag: reproductive health

shows a hand displaying a silver card with a month's worth of pills in a blister pack. Three rows of the oral contraceptive pills are white, one row is light orange.
Posted inGender health

NC pharmacists emerge as new prescribers of hormonal contraceptives

by Rachel Crumpler August 23, 2023August 22, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler A 31-year-old Asian American woman hopped into an Uber on a mission — to head to a pharmacy in New Bern to get birth control. Because of her family’s cultural and religious beliefs, she was not allowed to go to doctors’ appointments alone nor to ask for contraception.  But pharmacists’ new ability […]

five certified nurse midwives pose for a photo outside the legislative building in Raleigh
Posted inGender health

With increasing limits on abortion access, NC nurses step into reproductive rights advocacy

by Rachel Crumpler August 4, 2023August 10, 2023
shows a group of Attorneys for opponents of North Carolina's new restrictions on abortion talking outside of an Art Deco-era federal courthouse in Guilford County
Posted inFeatured

Federal judge allows most of  North Carolina’s new abortion law to take effect despite a lawsuit

by Anne Blythe June 30, 2023August 10, 2023
shows a woman standing holding a microphone in a formal chamber. Many people are turned to listen to her speak about an abortion restriction bill
Posted inState Health Policy

NC Senate passes new abortion restrictions on party-line vote

by Rose Hoban and Anne Blythe May 5, 2023September 8, 2023
package of birth control pills in four rows on a blister pack card. Three rows of pills are yellow, one row has white pills. Two of the white pills are missing.
Posted inGender health

Here’s what you need to know about your birth control options

by Rachel Crumpler December 9, 2022May 1, 2023
Shows an exam table with sanitary paper on it, the paper has designs of flowers
Posted inGender health

Health systems make a play for women

by Charlotte Ledger November 14, 2022April 23, 2023

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