What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the oral contraceptive Opill without a prescription, increasing access to birth control at drug stores and online retailers
Here’s how to make newly approved over-the-counter birth control pills affordable and easy to get
The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice
To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development
Some studies have found marked drops in sperm count, whereas others have not, and it’s surprisingly hard to measure
Many physicians say they are reluctant to practice in states with abortion bans, harming access to regular exams and screenings
At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb
Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books
The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness
Courts hand down conflicting decisions often. Here’s how this has played out with mifepristone
A federal judge in Texas ruled to withdraw the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, potentially making medication abortion less accessible nationwide...
A judge’s bad decision about the abortion pill rests on stigma about abortion that harms health care
A step-by-step look at how these drugs end pregnancy
The end of Roe reshaped abortion access across the U.S. What does it take to track those changes?
Recent research offers a tantalizing glimpse at a future in which two men can have biological children together, but any human applications remain far in the future
Preeclampsia is a common pregnancy disorder, but doctors lacked a decisive way to predict its severity until now
A judge’s decision could ban mifepristone across the country and weaken the Food and Drug Administration’s authority
Pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit or die than those who are uninfected, but vaccination significantly reduces the risk
One in three cases of maternal sepsis can be prevented with a single dose of antibiotic, a study in low- and middle-income countries shows
