REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Mobile women face the same issues as other women. We experience regular menstrual cycles and many of us are sexually active. We want to know about things like birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, ovarian and cervical cancer.

However, a recent study showed that disabled women are less likely to receive reproductive health care and often are denied services because of their disability. The reasons include inaccessible medical facilities and equipment, inexperienced medical staff, and often, antiquated social attitudes.

The good news is that you can get the quality reproductive health care you deserve by educating yourself and your health care providers. mobileWOMEN.org will post relevant articles, list resources, and provide you with access to women with similar experiences and solutions. We want you to be able to make informed decisions so you can be as healthy as possible!

SCI Forum Reports
Fertility and Parenting

"There's a lot that goes on in the male to achieve unassisted fertility," said Ivan Rothman, a nurse practitioner in the Department of Urology. First, a man needs at least one testicle to produce sperm, and the structures necessary to get the sperm up and out of the body. Read more...

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