"Communities and countries -- and ultimately the world -- are only as strong as the health of their women." - Michelle Obama
Women are twice as likely than men to have an anxiety disorder during their reproductive years and 25% percent of American women (compared to 15% of American men) take prescription antidepressants.
"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children."- Genesis 3:16
In the red tent, where days pass like a gentle stream, as the gift of Innana courses through us, cleansing the body of last month’s death, preparing the body to receive the new month’s life, women give thanks — for repose and restoration, for the knowledge that life comes from between our legs, and that life costs blood.†― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
In 2017, Danish researchers found that hormonal contraception triples a woman’s risk of suicide.
Britain offers 22 types of IUDs in different shapes and sizes to accomodate variations in womens' anatomy, Canada offers 9, and the US only 5. Under the ACA, women have access to birth control and other preventative reproductive health services with no copay. Without this policy, IUDs could cost women up to $1000 out of pocket.