women's health
Why Everyone Should Care That the Morning After Pill Isn’t Free in the UK
Just because you might have gotten it for free, doesn't mean everybody can.
Your Local Health Clinic Probably Needs More Help Than Planned Parenthood
Rallying behind Planned Parenthood is great, but if you want to save your right to abortion or birth control, you should be supporting your local health clinic too.
The Rush to Get an IUD Is Very Real
Since election day, women's health clinics have been squeezed to keep up with the demand for long-acting reversible contraception devices, like IUDs.
The Canadian Politician Who Killed the Tampon Tax Wants to Make Birth Control Free
Member of Parliament Irene Mathyssen is setting her sights on the high cost of birth control after removing the federal tax on tampons last year.
What It's Like to Have an Illegal Abortion
It's a crime to have an abortion in Poland, so what do you do when an unwanted pregnancy could ruin your life?
Trump's 'Nasty Woman' Comment Is Now a Pro-Planned Parenthood T-Shirt
Donald Trump's gendered insult became an instant meme, and now Google Ghost is selling shirts with the phrase and donating half the proceeds to Planned Parenthood.
Oklahoma's State Supreme Court Struck Down Another Abortion Law
SB 642 proposed a few different abortion provisions, which violated the state's requirement that all laws focus on one single item and left the court with an "all-or-nothing" decision.
Everything I Learned Researching the Female Orgasm
There's long been a societal (and scientific) bias against female sexuality. Fortunately, that is slowly changing with more women taking their pleasure into their own hands.
The Supreme Court Shut Down Texas's Abortion Restrictions
The 5-3 decision provides a clearer definition of what an "undue burden" on a woman seeking a legal abortion is and could affect legislation nation-wide.
Abortion Is Still 'Technically Illegal' in Many Parts of Australia
Women in the country's most populous state of New South Wales still have to lie in order to terminate a pregnancy. One MP wants to change that.
Catholic Hospitals Are Still Denying Women Pregnancy-Related Care for 'Moral Reasons'
Now, the ACLU is suing healthcare giant Dignity Health for denying women tubal ligations and other contraceptive care.
A Chat With the NT Politician Who Thinks Abortion Is a Passing Fashion
While many are worried women's health services in the Northern Territory are decades behind, MP Gerry Wood doesn't think anything needs to change.