In an era where threats to bodily autonomy are at the forefront of national discourse, the right to make decisions about one’s own body, including how and when to end life, is critical. We come ...

Oral contraceptives for women, like the ones pictured above, were first approved by the federal government in 1960. Now, University of Minnesota researchers are working on oral contraceptives for men.

As Americans prepare to cast their ballots in a historic presidential election, a record number of voters will determine the future of abortion access in their home states. On November 5, citizens in ...

The Supreme Court disregarded the issue of precedent when it overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in 2022, unraveling the legal right to abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ...

Here's a news item no one saw coming: A man was deemed unworthy of heading the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) because he didn't demonstrate sufficient respect for Americans' rights to take ...

The Bombay High Court has permitted an 18-year-old woman to terminate her 28-week pregnancy, which resulted from an alleged sexual assault, emphasising that a woman has the right to make reproductive ...

Iowa’s 6-week abortion ban took effect on July 9, outlawing nearly all abortions after cardiac activity is detected − before most pregnant people even know they are pregnant. Since the U.S. Supreme ...

International Women’s Day is not only about celebrating progress but also confronting the harmful traditions across the world ...

I was so proud to sit in the gallery the night the state Senate passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act after 10 years of advocacy by grassroots supporters from across the state. When it passed, there was ...

At every stage of life, New Yorkers should have the right to make their own deeply personal health decisions about their bodies without interference, coercion or fear. That right must be enshrined and ...

This op-ed is part of an investigative series and new documentary, The A-Word, by The Independent examining the state of abortion access and reproductive care in the US after the fall of Roe v Wade.