PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeOver 500 Survivors of Forced Sterilization Applied for Reparations. Fewer Than a Quarter Have Been Accepted.A new report from Rewire found that of the 510 survivors who applied to California’s reparations program, only 108…ByKylie CheungPublishedNovember 7, 2023
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeAlabama Woman Gave Birth in Jail Shower After Begging to Go to a HospitalAshley Caswell had been jailed for substance use to “protect her unborn child.” When her water broke jail staff told…ByKylie CheungPublishedOctober 13, 2023
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeA Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the HospitalTara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping…ByKylie CheungPublishedOctober 5, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionIt’s Not Just Lawmakers—a Lot of People Don’t Know What Abortion Is“Plan B is to get rid of a baby," one respondent said in a new study gauging American's perceptions of abortion.…ByKylie CheungPublishedSeptember 28, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionFree Vasectomy Appointments in Oklahoma Filled Up in Less Than 48 HoursIn a state that bans abortion, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said they now have "a whole lot of people…BySusan RinkunasUpdatedSeptember 28, 2023
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeClass Action Suit Alleges Quebec Hospitals Sterilized Indigenous Women Without ConsentThe two lead plaintiffs say doctors tied their tubes without asking after they gave birth at their respective…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 24, 2023
CelebritiesCelebritiesHalle Berry Says Women in Their 30s Shouldn’t Be ‘Bogged Down’ by Pressure to Have Kids"Do it only if you want to, because you give up a lot of your personal life to growing those other lives," Berry…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 11, 2023
HealthHealthFDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control PillOpill, a progestin-only oral medication, will likely be available without a prescription early next year.ByCaitlin CruzUpdatedJuly 13, 2023
PoliticsPoliticsRepublican Conference Tells Young Women to Give Up Their Dreams & Their Birth Control“Every ill that we're fighting right now in society has been brought forth by women," Candace Owens said at Turning…ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 12, 2023
PoliticsPoliticsLauren Boebert Says She Didn't Take Birth Control Because It's 'Cheaper to Have a Kid'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quickly responded: "Then she voted against the right to contraception so she could double…ByLaura BassettPublishedMay 23, 2023
HealthHealthPregnancy Is Not a Benign EventWhat a Texas woman's quadruple amputations tell us about giving birth in the United States—forced or not.BySusan RinkunasPublishedMarch 20, 2023
CelebritiesMisc. GossCelebritiesMisc. GossThank You to This 'Bachelor' Guy for Being Progressive About Male Birth Control...I Think?Dean Unglert offered to get a vasectomy so his fiancé, Caelynn Miller-Keyes, could get off birth control until…ByEmily LeibertPublishedMarch 17, 2023
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthEven Republicans Support Hospitals Offering IUDs After BirthBecause the uterus is larger immediately after giving birth, it can reduce the pain that can come from inserting an…ByKylie CheungPublishedMarch 2, 2023
CelebritiesCelebritiesKeke Palmer Appears To Be Having a Blast Being Pregnant“I feel like, ‘Yo, I could do anything.’ It gives you this Superwoman-type of strength," Palmer told E! News.ByRodlyn-mae BantingPublishedFebruary 21, 2023
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeUtah Is Searching for Forced Sterilization Survivors in the State to... ‘Apologize’One victim was sterilized for allegedly cheating on her husband; another, a Black incarcerated man, for being an…ByKylie CheungPublishedFebruary 16, 2023
HealthHealthWoman Appears to Give Birth to Baby That's Holding Her IUDIUDs work 99 percent of the time, "but someone has to be the 1%, and that’s me and my baby," Violet Quick said.ByKylie CheungUpdatedFebruary 1, 2023
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthNo, Birth Control Isn’t Making People LesbiansAn Australian woman shared that she “became a lesbian” after going off the pill. Her story went viral, and lots of…ByKylie CheungPublishedJanuary 24, 2023
In DepthIn DepthTikToks About 'Traumatizing' IUD Pain Go Viral as Some Doctors Refuse to Remove ThemThe political war on birth control is very much real, but that doesn’t mean the intense pain of IUD insertion isn’t.…ByKylie CheungPublishedDecember 19, 2022
LatestLatestThis Holiday Season, Treat Your Man to ‘The Nutcracker’—AKA the Vasectomy VanIn honor of World Vasectomy Day, the first since the fall of Roe v. Wade, a physician in Iowa is offering discounted…ByLauren TousignantPublishedOctober 14, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsMichigan AG Candidate Compares Contraception to Fentanyl: 'You Have to Stop It at the Border'The morning-after pill is birth control, not even abortion, but Matthew DePerno says it must be treated like a…BySusan RinkunasPublishedSeptember 20, 2022