Thirty years ago this week, the bill that became the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 — a game changer for research on women’s health — was introduced into the U.S. Senate by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). This landmark act has helped significantly improve women’s health in the United States and around the world.
This week would also have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade had it not been overturned last June, catapulting women’s health and health care into the spotlight and sparking national political debate about women’s reproductive rights.