The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to implement sweeping, harmful changes to Title X, the nation’s only program focused on providing birth control, cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, and other reproductive health care for those with low incomes. These new regulations not only undermine the successes of a decades-old family planning program, hailed as one of the top 10 public health achievements; they imperil patient-provider relationships by preventing nurses and other providers working in Title X programs from giving patients complete information, including referrals for safe, legal abortion.
Birth control is just the tip of the iceberg, advocates say. There are a number of other women’s health benefits that are also at risk.
"[E]mpowering women empowers families, communities, and our entire country."
We have a surprising knowledge gap about how men’s bodies and behaviors affect their children.
They're convenient, private, affordable—and often logistically or legally impossible.
Soy is a popular health food that may provide benefits in its fermented form. Still, modern soy may also harm reproductive health.
Women’s Health Specialists (WHS) Executive Director Shauna Heckert doesn’t parse language; she’s in reproductive health care because it’s the pathway to liberation. “For me, health could be the…
Health hazards include fistula, ovarian cysts, urinary tract infections
Reproductive health impacts us all, yet it is often an issue that is misunderstood and underreported. Why We Care is a platform to bring together a diverse array of U.S. and global leaders to write personal essays about their commitment to international reproductive health and family planning. Vanessa Kerry is one of the latest Why […]
Two generations later, more women are postponing marriage, graduating college, and entering the paid labor force.
Awareness of signs and symptoms of infections is crucial, as is maintaining a healthy diet
Young people's sexual and reproductive health needs are neglected around the world. Pregnancy is a leading cause of death for adolescent girls worldwide — ne...
Advocates for reproductive and LGBTQ rights are questioning whether the administration’s rule is constitutional, and worry it will lead to women and LGBTQ people being denied health care.
Dismissed symptoms, misdiagnoses, and exclusion from clinical trials put female patients at risk.
Recently, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. While reactions to this news varied, many people celebrated the decision with a smile on their face. But what does this mean for infertility health care? Should you be celebrating too? The answer is, maybe. The biggest impact the affordable health …
Reproductive care is an important sector of health, but people often have trouble knowing where to go for what services. Planned Parenthood is one accessible resource for patients to help
Louisa* sounded very anxious on the phone. She was calling to schedule an emergency appointment for her 10-year-old daughter Lavinia* on short notice.
We have the scientific data we need to understand the relationship that a woman’s ovulation has to her overall health, and that healthy ovulatory patterns are a prerequisite to being fertile. We also have the data to teach women to observe their biomarkers, to check whether they ovulate in any given
State-level data related to reproductive health and teen pregnancy.
SRHR, or sexual and reproductive health and rights, is the sum of rights and health issues that are related to human reproduction. Sexual health, sexual rights, reproductive health and reproductive rights are a complex and intersecting set of issues that address full control over individual’s sexual