The government still controls mothers, especially those in marginalized populations, by criminalizing their bodies and the choices they make about them.
“Sex Hurts” is the first episode of “Bodies,” a podcast produced by Allison Behringer that delves into some of the physiological experiences women commonly have but individually find mysterious.
After my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at 28, I wanted to get genetically tested to understand my own risk. I soon found out that insurance companies will not cover the genetic testing that could potentially allow me to take agency over my own health.
Should the ACA be overturned, it would be the latest development in a long history of discrimination against women in the health care industry.
Tuesday’s midterm election brought mixed results for abortion rights. Democrats took control of the House, but anti-choice ballot measures passed in two states, leaving millions of women vulnerable to criminalization if Roe v. Wade is ultimately overturned.
Advocates warn that the expansion of religious refusals could open the door to more discrimination in other areas.
Beyond not feeling represented or seen by my doctors, the persistence of a binary understanding of sex and gender in the medical field has failed to account for the way I, and patients like me, deserve and need to be treated.
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it seems that we see pink ribbons everywhere. But can we move beyond awareness to action?
With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists see a new opportunity to overturn or gut Roe v. Wade.
I am a vegan and a feminist. Despite their different labels, however, I don’t believe these are separate identities.
Psychology and medical students and social workers need to learn how to accommodate people that have been through the trauma of rape or they will continue to not only be unable to help but also worsen the experiences of one out of every eight people.
From Brazil to México, from Chile to Venezuela, from Peru to Costa Rica, from Bolivia to Ecuador, the green wave protesters’ call for legal, safe, and free abortion has intensified. The right to choose is influencing and energizing the activists in these countries, and these countries’ political institutions are paying more attention to their activism.
In Brazil, abortion is currently only legal in cases of rape, when the pregnancy poses a major threat to the woman’s life, or in cases of anencephaly in the fetus. On August 3 and 6 of this year, a public hearing was held to discuss the possibility of decriminalizing abortion altogether.
As California struggles to contain more than 15 forest fires, including the largest one in recorded state history, a perhaps unexpected group of state residents is playing a key role: prisoners.
A Japanese medical school has been lowering the scores of women taking its entrance exam to ensure that a greater proportion of men are admitted, Japanese media revealed on August 2.
As I have gotten older, I have come to realize what a unique privilege it is to engage in outdoor activities that are often only available to affluent white people and, more specifically, wealthy white men.
In 2016, producer and director Shannon Cohn created Endo What?, a film that gives an accurate, up-to-date base of knowledge about endometriosis, straight from experts.
India is the most dangerous country in the world for women, according to a nee survey of experts. The results come amid a worsening climate of sexual and communal violence in India, including the January rape and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl.
A multi-pronged approach that encourages Kenyan magistrates, prosecutors, doctors, clinicians, and government chemists to work together in pursuit of justice has helped fast track sexualized violence cases and bring justice closer to survivors.
Currently, control over fertility via LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) is restricted to women; men have no LARC options. This is problematic for a number of reasons.
On Thursday, activists drew attention to severe restrictions on the right to choose: Women in Belfast took abortion pills, which had been delivered by robot from the Netherlands, in front of the city’s main court buildings.
After a lengthy legal battle that reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Arkansas has become the first state in the nation in which women are unable to access medical abortions.
Minors should have the right to have an abortion without parental consent or notification because teens who choose not notify their parents before having an abortion likely do so for very good reasons other than privacy or shame.
Anti-choice legislators have been quietly using insurance regulations to restrict abortion access.
On Monday, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law that codifies existing statues and practices designed to ensure fair treatment of women and trans people incarcerated by the state’s Department of Corrections.