The debate over when human life begins took a sharp turn in Texas, where a state legislator filed a bill that would define an “individual” as “a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at ...

2. Ovarian Cancer: Research indicates that a woman's chance of developing ovarian cancer may be influenced by hormonal factors, such as the number of ovulatory cycles she undergoes. Disorders that ...

Men have two birth control options: condoms and vasectomies. Why has it taken so long to develop more contraceptives?

Two scandals involving social experiments with children and forced birth control for girls have put a spotlight on Denmark's treatment of Greenlanders. US President Donald Trump seems eager to exploit ...

A vaginal birth after caesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a caesarean has a vaginal birth down the track.

Jamie Hatcher, an LA-based midwife providing medical information and checkups to pregnant people whose care was disrupted by the wildfires, also notes the extreme stress suffered by many of her ...

Emergency contraception purchases have increased since inauguration day across the country, including in Oregon.

But Stone Age families likely had a relatively manageable amount of children. On average, hunter-gatherer women gave birth to ...

Michigan's reproductive rights expand as Gov. Whitmer signs bills allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills.

A new study shows a possible new abortion drug to replace mifepristone. But will these results increase abortion access—or restrict women's reproductive health options down the line?

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a 16-bill package that expands reproductive rights and access to birth control for Michigan ...

To understand the problem, let’s go back to 1990, when Alabama saw more than 63,000 babies born, and recorded more than ...