Sybil Shainwald | Women's Health Advocate

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Notice of Public Hearing Re: State Single Payer Health Coverage

2014-12-102015-05-22

1 min read

There will be a public hearing to receive testimony concerning the New York Health bill to create single payer health coverage. The New York Health bill would provide comprehensive, universal…

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Castration: The Goldmine of American Medicine

2014-12-092015-05-22

31 mins read

The following is Sybil Shainwald's Keynote Speaker address given at the 27th Annual Hysterectomy Conference for Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS). Castration: The Goldmine of Gynecology Introduction/Statistics Female castration…

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Sex Differences in Clinical Trials: Another Example of Inequality

2014-12-072015-05-22

31 mins read

The following is a speech given to a group of Columbia University Fellows on November 12, 2014. A PDF version of the entire article can be downloaded by clicking here.…

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Reproductive Injustice in the New Millennium

2014-10-032022-04-12

100 mins read

REPRODUCTIVE INJUSTICE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM by SYBIL SHAINWALD* INTRODUCTION I. COMMON LAW, THE EARLY STATUTES, AND THE EMBERS OF REFORM A. Legal Abortions (c. 1250–1803) B. Abortion Becomes a…

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Conversation with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

2014-10-022015-05-22

1 min read

Please see the conversation with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi covered by CSpan. http://www.c-span.org/video/?321519-1/conversation-house-democratic-leader-nancy-pelosi

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The Medicalization of Women

2014-08-192015-05-22

41 mins read

The following is a speech given at a conference for Hysterectomy Education Resources and Sources (HERS). INTRODUCTION It is a great pleasure to be here and to be on the…

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Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Currier

2014-08-192015-05-22

2 mins read

The recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Currier, again illustrates how endangered a woman’s reproductive freedom is…

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Hobby Lobby

2014-08-192015-05-22

3 mins read

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Hobby Lobby case caused a great deal of chagrin for those concerned with reproductive freedom. A careful reading of the majority opinion and…

Author: Sybil Shainwald