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📰 TOP NEWS ABOUT YOUR BODY

1. NIH Pulls Plug on Landmark Women’s Health Study

🔗 Read the full story – KETR

After more than 30 years of groundbreaking work on aging, heart disease, cancer, and more, the Women’s Health Initiative is losing federal funding. Scientists say this will create a major gap in long-term women’s health data.

🧠 Stay Abreast Take:
This is the research equivalent of pulling the plug on grandma’s life alert. Losing this study means fewer answers about what’s really happening to women’s bodies as we age. It's a reminder that we have to fight for research dollars that actually reflect women's lived health experiences.

2. DoD Commits $500M to Women’s Health Research

🔗 Read the full story – U.S. Department of Defense

The Department of Defense just announced it’s investing $500 million annually into women’s health research, including on conditions like endometriosis, menopause, and autoimmune disorders.

🧠 Stay Abreast Take:
Color us shocked and delighted! The military is putting real money into understanding the health of half the population — finally. Let’s hope other federal agencies (ahem, NIH) take notes. This isn’t just a win for women in uniform, it’s a win for all of us.

3. UK Parliament to Vote on Abortion Decriminalization

🔗 Read the full story – The Guardian

Lawmakers in England and Wales are pushing to remove abortion from criminal law, which would end prosecutions for self-managed abortions and make abortion rights more secure.

🧠 Stay Abreast Take:
While the U.S. fights back against a rollback of reproductive rights, the UK is moving forward. If this passes, it sets a powerful international precedent: that abortion is healthcare, not a crime. (Paging U.S. legislators — anyone taking notes?)

4. Endometriosis Linked to Early Menopause

🔗 Read the full story – The Guardian

A new global study has found that people with endometriosis are twice as likely to experience early or surgical menopause, raising risks for conditions like heart disease and osteoporosis.

🧠 Stay Abreast Take:
This is the kind of research we need more of — connecting the dots between chronic gynecological conditions and long-term health. Endo isn’t “just bad cramps.” It's serious, and it deserves serious medical attention (and funding). Early menopause can be life-altering — this news makes it even more urgent to get answers and care sooner.

5. NY Pushes for Reproductive Health Data Privacy

🔗 Read the full story – Times Union

New York lawmakers are working on a bill that would force health apps to delete user data or get explicit consent before sharing it — protecting people from prosecution in anti-abortion states.

🧠 Stay Abreast Take:
This might sound techy, but it’s deeply personal. Your search history, period tracking, and even location data shouldn’t be a risk factor in seeking healthcare. This bill is one step toward digital self-defense — and it matters more than ever.

💌 That’s all for this week — but the fight for health equity never sleeps…and neither does KC’s newborn.

Let’s stay informed, uplift each other, and as always, stay unabashedly abreast. 💖

— With love and loud opinions,
Your Stay Abreast Team 🩷

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