Women's Health In Women's Hands
A place where you'll find knowledge, tools, research, and community to support you in taking control of your health; at home or with friends.
The WHWH Vision
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands is dedicated to a world wherein every aspect of health care that differentially impacts female bodies, especially reproduction and sexuality, is under the collective and individual control of their owners through feminist-controlled health care institutions
You Have The Women's Health Movement and WHWH To Thank If You
- Have ever been given options on health treatment
- Know what a cervix is
- Own your own speculum
- Have been shown your cervix and vagina during a gynecological exam
- Have purchased an over-the-counter vaginal remedy or pregnancy test.
- Avoided an unnecessary hysterectomy
- Had natural childbirth
- Had your friend or partner present at the birth
- Avoided unnecessary intervention in childbirth or cesarean section
- Have been given your choice of birth control
- Considered or had a legal abortion
- Have used donor insemination
- Were given informed consent for the birth control pill or IUD
- Were offered a cervical cap as a birth control option
- Heard the health risks associated with breast implants, hormone replacement therapy, depo provera injections or norplant
- Went in with any woman in your life for an exam, abortion or consultation
About
Women's Health in Women's Hands has a Pro-Woman Agenda which comes from the perspective that in order for a woman to control her sexuality and reproduction, learning about her body is crucial and enjoying the full spectrum of her sexual and reproductive rights is exactly that: her right.
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