"Sluts, keep yer legs closed!" hasn't been a viable public health solution for the last several thousand years, but if we pray real hard, maybe it someday will be. Until mass abstinence is feasible or permanent pregnancy is desired, sustainable, or safe, though, the best options women have to control their…

A new research report has uncovered some great news for people who love making sure women have tons of abortions: make it illegal. And, while you're at it, if you go ahead and limit women's access to contraception, they'll end up pregnant and desperate enough to resort to unsafe measures more often, resulting in more…

A new report by the Guttmacher Institute shows that legalizing abortion doesn't make it any more common — it just makes it safer. Unsafe abortion causes as many as 70,000 deaths a year worldwide. [Guttmacher Institute]