Some of us have made the politics of women's health our lives' work. More than ever before, the staff of the Women's Health Information Center has anchored our research efforts, responding to readers, gathering and documenting health information, participating in national and international women's health endeavors, and strengthening the women's and documentation center movements. Despite the achievements of the larger women's health movement, it is clear that the same forces that created the need for Our Bodies, Ourselves twenty-nine years ago exist today. Disparities in health continue to grow. The medical system remains a vast business more tightly connected than ever to drug and medical supply corporations, and increasingly controlled by larger national and international profit-making industries.
Industries continue to pollute water, land, and air.
Our increasingly conservative national government embraces the wishes and demands of business interests while seriously reducing or eliminating crucial federal funds for programs dedicated to maintaining and improving our health and lives. One of the most valuable things we did in our early years together was to talk in small groups about our lives. In doing so, we were reclaiming an important part of our common heritage as women who have always, in traditional communities, achieved wisdom by exchanging experiences with one another. We encourage you to meet together, to speak out and listen to one another, and to learn from one another. We recognize that in these times, more women must work harder than ever before and have very little time left over, even for our families.