Women's Health

Topless breast cancer event to show survivors are beautiful, organizer says (NSFW)

These days, there are plenty of breast cancer fundraisers, as well there should be: It's a great cause. But so far as Carla Gurovich knows, there's never been one quite like Two Topless Miles, at which breast cancer survivors and their friends, family and supporters will be able to take off their s ... More >>

Is a fetus a person? The Colorado Supreme Court may have to decide.

See also: Fetus = person? District court judges have come to different conclusions

Personhood Amendment petition drive launches with event at Planned Parenthood

At 2 p.m. today, the Colorado Personhood Coalition will hold a press conference at a very pointed location -- a local Planned Parenthood office -- to tout the beginning of a petition drive for the latest version of a Personhood resolution. And campaign reps including Kristi Burton Brown, the face of ... More >>

Komen Denver affiliate rejects ban on Planned Parenthood grants

Race for the Cure.​For many years, the regional Planned Parenthood headquarters was Westword's neighbor, and we had a front-row seat for the picketers who harassed employees of an organization that does so much more than providing abortion services.

Doug Stanhope on the evolution of jokes and why Breast Cancer Awareness is a scam

​For every parent out there worried about pedophilia, Doug Stanhope offers a reassurance: In all likelihood, nobody wants to fuck your kid. That bit is up there on the list of incredibly offensive Stanhope material, but it's by no means all there is; over the course of his twenty-year career, ... More >>

Buds for Boobies: Breast cancer event backs more study of marijuana's medicinal qualities

​Buds for Boobies, taking place at 7 p.m. tonight at the Boulder Theater, is among the season's most unusual fundraisers -- a medical-marijuana-themed decorative bra auction, with proceeds earmarked for breast-cancer research. But it's also a music-filled educational symposium arguing that MMJ ... More >>

Post-mastectomy boutique: Pampered Passions lingerie shop to open at Porter Hospital

Next month, Alicia Vargo, the proprietress of Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie in Englewood, will open a new outpost of her much-lauded house of bras and panties with an unlikely address and a noble cause. The boutique, to be called Pampered Passions Care Wear, will cater to the needs of women who've ... More >>

Midwifery: Bill to expand midwives' scope of practices passes legislature, but without suturing

​ A bill to expand midwives' scope of practice will likely become law, having passed both the House and Senate this week. While the bill allows midwives to administer certain drugs and IVs, it isn't everything that advocates, including Westword profile subject Indra Lusero, had hoped for. A pr ... More >>

Midwifery: Bill to expand midwives' scope of practice passes House committee unanimously

​ A bill to expand midwives' scope of practice in Colorado that's seen its fair share of compromises may have had its easiest day in the spotlight yesterday. After several hours of testimony and questions about infant death rates and medical liability insurance, the House Judiciary Committee ... More >>

Midwifery: Bill to revise midwifery law moves forward -- without provision allowing suturing

​ Update below: As detailed in our feature, "Special Delivery," a group of midwives, moms and home-birth advocates are pushing to expand the scope of what Colorado midwives can do. Among the proposed changes: allowing midwives to administer certain drugs and IVs, and making it legal for midwiv ... More >>

Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour raises over $20,000

Fighting breast cancer in style.​On March 13, Colorado natives Mackenzie Bell, Page Kelley, Jeremy Rubingh, Allie Shafner, Alison Friedman and Laura Yale loaded a pink RV with their gear, a set of fake boobs and breast cancer information and headed for Steamboat with the goal of skiing every C ... More >>

Six Coloradans fighting breast cancer with skis

The official ride of breast cancer awareness.​Goofy-looking Texans on spring break at Colorado ski resorts will have a tough time standing out next week. While a jeans and cowboy hat getup will draw some finger-pointing, it's got nothing on a band of pink cape-wearing, fake boob-carrying phila ... More >>

Midwifery: Bill to renew, revise CO midwifery law to be heard today by Senate committee

​ Our recent cover story, "Special Delivery," tells the tale of 36-year-old Indra Lusero, a Denver home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who's advocating for what she sees as common-sense changes to Colorado's midwifery law. Today at 1:30 p.m., the bill to make those changes will be heard by the Senate ... More >>

Indra Lusero's pitch to help Colorado midwives is catching heat in the legislature

Midwives: Mom Jen Johnson's home-birth story

​ This week's cover story, "Special Delivery," tells the story of Indra Lusero, a home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who has thrust herself into a legislative battle between midwives and doctors. After giving birth at home with a midwife eight years ago, Lusero became an advocate for the age-old pro ... More >>

Indra Lusero's quest to fight for Colorado midwives started with her own pregnancy

Indra Lusero.​Soon after Indra Lusero gave birth in the bedroom of her Highlands bungalow in 2003, she made a decision: She wasn't going to be the typical midwifery client who had her baby and then never thought about midwives again. No, she was going to become an advocate for the centuries-ol ... More >>

Tonight: Cook for the Cause fights against breast cancer

​Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is overflowing with events to support breast-cancer causes. The most delicious event, though, will definitely be Cook for the Case, tonight at Kimball Distributing, 1400 West Third Avenue, and billed as "a delicious way to help fight the ba ... More >>

Think Pink

The Unkindest Cut

Breakfast for Boobs benefit this Sunday at Hot Cakes

​Breakfast! It's what's for dinner! That's the siren song of this year's Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for ... More >>

Breasts of the West

Village Tavern toasts Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Hope-tini

​ During October, Village Tavern ,at 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield, is marking the 25th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by serving up special Hope-tini cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research. "People are definitely interested," says John Davis, Villag ... More >>

Hear Them Roar

Luanne Buckstein and Pamela Clifton fill a gap in women's theater

Breast Friends

LUPEC's Breakfast for Boobs raises cash to fight cancer.

Baby's Day Out

Childbirth goes solo.

Take a Chill Pill

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No Hot Flash in the Pan

Menopause The Musical provides some fluffy comedy about female changes.

The Doctor Is Out

Trinidad's transgendered sex-change surgeon knows what her patients are going through.

Women on the Verge

Musical celebrates the "M" word -- loudly

Womb Service

The Vagina Monologues are back, for a benefit at the Boulder Theater.

Double Your Pleasure

A clever female duo examines the humorous side of aging.

Lady Sang the Blues

Monica Janzen had a great voice, a solid band and a new record. She also had breast cancer.

Missed Diagnosis

When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

Terra Infirma

Can bone-marrow transplants save breast-cancer patients? There's little middle ground in the debateand lots of uncharted territory.

Head Case

A lawsuit is driving DU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology crazy -- or was it already?

Cattle Call

An Unhealthy Situation

THE BODY POLITIC

THIS ONE'S OFF THE CHARTS

TINA KNOX'S DEATH WAS SAD, AND SO WAS HER TREATMENT.