Posts tagged equity
Poor women are now at greater risk for breast cancer death because of less access to screening and better treatments.
New Study Confirms Unique Challenges of LGBT Seniors
A new study from the University of Washington reinforces the reality that LGBT older adults face many unique mental and physical health challenges. LGBT elders have higher rates of disability, depression, and loneliness and are more likely to smoke and binge drink compared to heterosexuals of similar ages. Lifetimes of victimization and discrimination contribute to poor health, and 21 percent of elders continue to hide their identities from health care providers for fear of being denied care. The good news is that LGBT elders are incredibly resilient, with 91 percent engaging in wellness activities and 90 percent feeling good about belonging to their communities. The results of this study jibe with the groundbreaking studyconducted by the Movement Advancement Project last year on impacts of stigma on LGBT seniors.
Masses of poor and working-class women lose access to abortion when there is no government funding available for reproductive rights health care. Women with class privilege do not feel threaten when abortions can be had only if one has lots of money because they can still have them. But masses of women do not have CLASS POWER. More women than ever before are entering the ranks of poor and indigent. Without the right to safe, inexpensive, and free abortions the lose all control over their bodies. If we return to a world where abortions are only accessible to those females with lots of money we risk the return of public policy that will aim to make abortion illegal.
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