NY Considers Medicaid For Transgender Surgery

Michael Virtanen writing for the Huffington Post: “A panel advising Gov. Andrew Cuomo on ways to revamp Medicaid has proposed that the program that pays for low-income residents’ health care cover surgery and therapy for transgender New Yorkers.”

Vogue Italy’s Cover Called Anorexic in Fashion

Valeria Marchetti writing for Women’s e News: “In conjunction with fashion week in Italy, the cover of fashion magazine Vogue features a model with a Photoshop waistline inspired by the Guinness Book of World Records. An editor defends the image and deni…

One Statement from Bachmann, Two Steps Back for HPV Vaccine

Denise Grady writing for the New York Times: “During a debate last week for Republican presidential candidates and in interviews after it, Representative Michele Bachmann called the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer “dangerous.” Medical experts fired ba…

Bachmann’s wrongheaded attack on HPV vaccinations

The Washington Post Editorial Board: “About the only thing that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) gets right when she talks about the HPV vaccine is that she’s not a scientist or a doctor. That lack of credentials, though, can’t excuse the breathtaking ign…

NOW Political Action Committee Proudly Endorses Tammy Baldwin

The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee is proud to announce our endorsement of Rep. Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate. Baldwin launched her bid this week to become the next Democratic senator from Wisconsin, filling the seat of the retiring Sen. Herb Kohl.