Our Mission
We have a vision: A world where women control their own bodies, reproduction and sexuality.
The Feminist Women's Health Center / Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women-controlled health care and advocating for all options for all women.
Our Philosophy
The philosophy of Women's Health Specialists is to promote positive images of women and provide our clients with a new perspective of their bodies and health. We give women the tools to evaluate their authentic health care needs - images of women not based on a societal myth, but based on women's reality and experience. We provide women with health information so they can become knowledgable about their normal life stages. Our goal is to empower women through support, education, self-help and services so that they can make the best health care decisions for themselves.
We put Women's Health in Women's Hands
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Abortion Speak Out Campaign
Abortion is one of the safest and common procedures performed in the United States. The abortion procedure has fewer complications than childbirth, and one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. In our society, women who have abortions are shamed and disgraced. Despite the fact that abortion is legal, abortion providers are stigmatized in our society and threatened with violence.
Let's work together to normalize abortion and rid ourselves of the shame. You can help make a difference and help other women. Join us in the Abortion Speak Out Campaign.
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WHS Self Help
Check out our new video highlighting the services WHS provides!
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Events
WHS Radio Show "It's Your Body" Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Tune into 90.1 FM for the WHS radio show featuring the latest information on women's health, sexuality, pregnancy, birth, cancer prevention, birth control. Call and share your own experiences, women and men alike. |
Women's Health Specialists is dedicated to providing women with information so that they can make the most informed decisions about their health care. WHS Health Alerts and News gives women the tools to better understand important health issues by demystifying health news. WHS Health Alerts is a place for women to read, discuss, and share news and their experiences.
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Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:46:00 PM | 0 comments
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 8, 2007 – At the 2007 meetings of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, members discussed current consumer and medical interest in extended hormonal contraceptives to reduce or eliminate menstruation (cycle-stopping contraception). Read entire position paper.
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Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 2:03:00 PM | 0 comments
By Lois Uttley. Yesterday, the Obama administration shocked women’s health organizations by announcing it had decided to sharply restrict abortion coverage in the new federally-subsidized “high-risk pool” insurance plans that will be offered to people with pre-existing conditions, such as breast cancer and diabetes. The coverage will only be allowed in cases of rape, incest or danger to the woman’s life, according to a press statement from the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
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Friday, July 02, 2010 @ 2:52:00 PM | 0 comments
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) works on behalf of all pregnant women including pregnant women who have been arrested and charged with child abuse or some other crime because they continued a pregnancy to term in spite of a drug problem.
