Womens Care Center of La Grange Why Plan B Should Never Be Plan A

The federal government recently decided not to take action against Shippensburg University for making Plan B (also known as The Morning After Pill) readily available on their campus. A year ago the Pennsylvania-based school made the drug available to anyone over the age of 17 via vending machines. A student must swipe an ID in [...]

Why Plan B Should Never Be Plan A

Womens Care Center of La Grange A Reproductive Rights Victory In Texas

A 16-year-old Texas girl known to the world only as R.E.K. made news recently. A lawsuit filed on her behalf by The Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL.org) has successfully barred R.E.K.’s parents from pressuring the young woman into having an abortion. Attorneys representing the young woman sought and were granted an injunction against her parents, Jeffery and [...]

A Reproductive Rights Victory In Texas

Womens Care Center of La Grange Abortion is Much More Dangerous than Childbirth, Major Danish Study Finds

Despite widespread claims by U.S. public health officials that abortion is safer than childbirth, a large study in Denmark has shown a staggeringly high risk of death among women within the first year after having first-trimester abortions. A Danish study of nearly half a million women has found that those who had first-trimester abortions had [...]

Abortion is Much More Dangerous than Childbirth, Major Danish Study Finds

Womens Care Center of La Grange Multiple Abortions Tied to Greater Risk for Future Deliveries, New Study Shows

Preterm deliveries are often fraught with anxiety and concern — not what a woman needs when her hopes are high for a healthy and safe delivery. But many women who have had a past abortion may not realize that they could be at higher risk for this scenario. A new study in Finland shows that [...]

Multiple Abortions Tied to Greater Risk for Future Deliveries, New Study Shows

Womens Care Center of La Grange NuvaRing Contraceptive Dangers Finding their Way into Court

Thousands of women claim they have been injured by the NuvaRing contraceptive, and many of the complaints are winding up as lawsuits filed in a federal multi-district litigation court.

NuvaRing Contraceptive Dangers Finding their Way into Court

Womens Care Center of La Grange South Dakota Law on Abortion and Suicide Advisory Upheld by Federal Court

In a 7-4 ruling on July 24, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a South Dakota law requiring abortion doctors to tell patients that women who undergo an abortion run a higher than normal risk of suicide. In a 27-page opinion, U.S. Circuit Judge Raymond W. Gruender wrote for the majority, saying that there [...]

South Dakota Law on Abortion and Suicide Advisory Upheld by Federal Court

Womens Care Center of La Grange Mirena IUD Maker Targeted by Lawsuits Over Injuries to Women

In what may be the beginning of a movement to rid the country of an allegedly dangerous contraceptive, lawsuits around the country have recently been filed against the maker of the Mirena IUD. Sixteen cases against the IUD’s maker, Bayer HealthCare, have been filed by women around the country, and most of the cases originated [...]

Mirena IUD Maker Targeted by Lawsuits Over Injuries to Women

Womens Care Center of La Grange Symptoms of Pregnancy — What You Need to Know

Am I Pregnant? Call for free pregnancy test (708) 352-5000 “I missed my period… could I be pregnant?” Are you asking yourself this question? Although your period is late, this does not necessarily mean you are pregnant. Most women start to feel other symptoms of pregnancy once they have missed their period, such as nausea [...]

Symptoms of Pregnancy — What You Need to Know

Womens Care Center of La Grange Abortion Linked to Depression and Anxiety, Chinese Study Shows

Pregnant women who have had an induced abortion are much more likely to experience depression and anxiety, a new study by Chinese researchers has found, adding to the growing data that links abortion with mental health problems. The study, carried out by the AnhuiMedicalCollegeand recently published in the Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, studied 6,887 pregnant [...]

Abortion Linked to Depression and Anxiety, Chinese Study Shows

Womens Care Center of La Grange Birth Control Pills Recalled Due to Factory Mishap

For the second time in a month, birth control pills have been recalled, casting doubt on the reliability of drug companies to provide quality control in contraceptive manufacturing. According to the company’s Feb. 24 press release on the FDA, Glenmark Generics issued a voluntary, nationwide recall of seven lots of its birth control pill that [...]

Birth Control Pills Recalled Due to Factory Mishap