Not only can the inability to bear children have a profound impact on Indian women’s identities — childless women’s very femininity is questioned — but it can also threaten their relationships, particularly their marriages.
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, and allows people to sue both clinics and individuals who help someone get an abortion.
A recent trend in anti-choice activism is rearing its ugly head again.
When Carly Manes first began working in reproductive health and started having conversations with clients about their needs, she immediately noticed something: many of them wished there were more resources for parents who wanted to explain what abortions were to their children.
There are a number of reasons menstruating people (not just those who identify as women) take birth control pills.
As we mark the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade this month, it’s crucial to recognize the landmark Supreme Court case was about more than abortion and bodily autonomy — it was also broadly about privacy and pregnancy.
On December 30, Argentina’s Senate approved legislation that not only legalized abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, but also made the procedure free of charge.
Women have never been more reliant on health care being remote.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) doles out between $4 million and $10 million to controversial faux-abortion clinics known as crisis pregnancy centers.
Every hour, four girls under 13 are raped in Brazil.
In early July, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of expanding religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate.
Rep. Abby Finkenauer, a Democratic congresswoman from Iowa, moved the House to pass an amendment that effectively doubled funding for endometriosis research.
A 2016 report revealed that one in five adult Brazilian women has had at least one abortion, which amounts to at least half a million women every year. Given that the practice is illegal, the number may be much higher.
While “reproductive rights” emphasizes securing women’s legal access to reproductive care, reproductive justice emphasizes an intersectional framework that prioritizes bodily autonomy.
The life I was choosing for myself was almost on the line. And abortion would have saved it.
Six Republican-led states are attempting to ban abortions amid the coronavirus pandemic by claiming that abortions are nonessential medical procedures.
The film follows the young women as they travel from their small Pennsylvania town to Planned Parenthood in New York City so Autumn can have a surgical abortion.
Argentina’s battle for abortion rights reached a new boiling point in March when the country’s president, Alberto Fernández, announced a bill to decriminalize abortion.
As abortion protections have eroded across the country, countless health care providers have stepped out from behind their stethoscopes to talk about why abortion is an important part of reproductive health care.
A recent study found that there was also an unprecedented number of discussions about abortion depicted on television — more than ever observed in a single year.
An anti-abortion bill introduced to Ohio’s General Assembly on November 14 is causing controversy for requiring doctors to exhaust every possible option to save an unborn fetus, including “re-implanting” an ectopic pregnancy — a procedure that is literally medically impossible.
The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which affirmed a woman’s right to choose, is often referred to as “the law of the land.” However, it’s actually a Supreme Court decision, not a law, and that distinction is incredibly important.
More and more women are starting to turn to mail-order services as a quick and cheap source for birth control pills. But many of these women may not be aware that they are putting themselves at risk by obtaining their pills this way.
The Helms Amendment and has caused damage to women all over the world by limiting U.S. funding for family planning all over the world.
There is a potential solution to climate change that is as unexpected as it is potentially effective: girls' education.