Cruel Experiments? Not In Our Name!

Animals are being tortured in cruel experiments that claim to address women’s health issues. Monkeys have their ovaries cut out to simulate menopause. Rats have their legs broken to model osteoporosis. Pregnant rabbits are forced to hop on treadmills to study exercise in pregnancy. The list of senseless atrocities goes on and on. These studies teach us nothing about the health of human women, and they waste millions of tax dollars that are badly needed for clinical trials, epidemiology, and health-care services. Find out more.

“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.”
—Alice Walker, Preface to The Dreaded Comparison