Reproductive Health
'Just Pills'—How Women Created Their Own Abortion Revolution
A new book reveals how ordinary women—not doctors—first noticed the effects of the medication now sold as so-called ‘abortion pills.’
Reproductive Rights
Reproductive Rights
Americans Don't Want Politicians to Encourage People to Have Children
Americans think a declining birthrate is a bad thing, new research shows. But they'd rather politicians weren't involved in fixing it.
Forgotten Feminists
Why RBG’s Complicated Legacy Doesn’t Bother Me
Nothing will take away from the immense wins Ruth Bader Ginsburg secured for those who couldn’t stage their own fights. But she was complicated, and so is her legacy.
Abortion
Three Years Post Dobbs, Everything Has Changed, and Nothing
Abortion remains a wildly divisive issue in the U.S., with perspectives varying dramatically by state.
Reproductive Rights
The Popularity of the Pill Is Plummeting—at the Exact Moment It Shouldn’t Be
Birth control gave women control over their bodies, their careers and their futures. A cultural campaign against the pill risks rolling all this back.
Reproductive Rights
Dozens of Organizations Call on Trump to Stop Defunding Planned Parenthood
One in three women have visited a Planned Parenthood. Cutting funding would 'block these patients from getting the care they need.'
Infertility
‘Ethical IVF’ May Be the Problematic Solution to Donald Trump’s IVF Dilemma
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.
Forgotten Feminists
‘Women Should Have Children Instead of Poodles’—When Birth Control Came to Washington
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.
Persisting Through Politics
Providing Care After Roe, These Doctors Met a Hurdle They Didn’t Expect
Online abortion providers face constant headwinds, even with protections and systems in place.
Women You Should Know
Two Journalists Investigated the Decade-Long Campaign to Criminalize Abortion. Here’s What They Found Out.
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.