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June 23, 2023
Megan Carpentier
The Deadly Silence Since
Dobbs
The Supreme Court’s new abortion landscape doesn’t protect life but instead makes everyone less safe.
May 22, 2020
Rosana Araujo
,
Clio Chang
I Lost My Job Cleaning Houses and Don’t Know Where I Go From Here
When the pandemic hit, my employers told me, “Do not come right now.” No one paid me for those cancellations.
July 3, 2019
Melody Schreiber
The Growing Toll of the Global Gag Rule
A new study shows abortions actually go up when the U.S. pulls funding from NGOs offering abortion referrals. That's only one way underserved populations suffer.
January 14, 2019
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Anna Altman
Mommy and Data
“Femtech” companies are marketing themselves to women who are worried about having kids. Are these startups alleviating female anxieties or exploiting them?
August 8, 2018
Emma Scornavacchi
The Glaring Exception in the Coming Battle Over Reproductive Rights
Why an empowered anti-abortion movement is reluctant to take on in-vitro fertilization.
May 21, 2018
Emily Atkin
Why Do Americans Refuse to Give Up Tampons?
Throwaway culture and puritanical stigmas are holding women back from adopting a cheaper, more environmentally friendly menstrual product.
September 13, 2017
Rebecca Grant
Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?
A new slew of state laws are aimed at making sure abortion coverage is banned from private health insurance plans—putting the procedure still further out of reach.
June 21, 2017
Bryce Covert
How the Pill Made the American Economy Great
Both Donald Trump and Republican state legislatures want to limit women’s access to birth control. History shows that would be a huge mistake.
March 31, 2017
Graham Vyse
Hillary Clinton isn’t done campaigning against Donald Trump.
March 24, 2017
Clio Chang
The GOP’s frat boy comments about women’s health care are bad. They also highlight Obamacare’s weaknesses.
April 1, 2016
Michelle Legro
The patent system is failing women when over 90 percent of patents are held by men.
March 30, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Donald Trump: Abortions should be illegal, and “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have them.
March 30, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Good news for women’s health: The FDA just updated its guidelines for the abortion pill.
March 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The fact that liposuction is less regulated than abortion says all you need to know about women’s health in Texas.
August 13, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
The Most Common Childbirth Practice in America Is Unnecessary and Dangerous
Why do doctors and patients insist on using electronic fetal monitoring?
September 9, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Don't Buy Republicans' Sudden Change of Heart on Birth Control
July 17, 2014
Deborah L. Rhode
The Terrible War on Pregnant Drug Users
March 3, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Why the Government Is Treating Generic Morning-After Pills Differently Than Plan B
February 12, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
A Controversial New Study Says Mammograms Don't Save Lives. Should We Believe It?
November 5, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obamacare Makes Men Pay for Maternity Care. Good!
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