Reproductive Rights

There’s something really creepy about America’s bi-annual fertility report. Why, in the age of Epstein, is the U.S. government still considering the breeding capabilities of 14-year-old girls?

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson on the Black maternal mortality crisis and what it would take to change things.

In its efforts to combat infertility, France is missing the point. That's because a decision to have a child isn't just a medical issue, it's a social one, too.

A new book reveals how ordinary women—not doctors—first noticed the effects of the medication now sold as so-called ‘abortion pills.’

Americans think a declining birthrate is a bad thing, new research shows. But they'd rather politicians weren't involved in fixing it.

The swirl of misinformation around Tylenol and pregnancy points to a bigger problem: An overall reluctance to include pregnant women in medical research.

Abortion remains a wildly divisive issue in the U.S., with perspectives varying dramatically by state.

One in three women have visited a Planned Parenthood. Cutting funding would 'block these patients from getting the care they need.'

By supporting IVF, Trump drove a wedge between two factions of his followers. So-called “ethical IVF” may be how he stitches them back together.

Surrogacy is once again legal in Michigan. With good old grassroots activism, here's how I helped make it happen.

The activist and former president of Planned Parenthood died on Monday, aged 67.

The idea of birth control entered the national conversation in 1919, when an artist, activist, and single mother named Mary Ware Dennett brought the (quite shocking!) idea to Congress.

The journalist Jessica Valenti chronicles the pro-life movement in forensic detail in her new book. Ahead of the election, she says, voters need to get angry.

The founder of Planned Parenthood advanced women's rights immeasurably. But many of her views were far from progressive.

Maternal mortality is shockingly high in the U.S. What exactly is being done about it?

Online abortion providers face constant headwinds, even with protections and systems in place.

A new book takes a deep dive into the right-wing Christian campaign that overturned Roe v Wade. Ahead of this year’s presidential election, its authors uncover an America that is as divided on the issue as ever.