‘Freeze and share’ programmes offered by fertility clinics claim to empower young women who can’t afford to freeze their eggs – but they may just be preying on our anxieties
Feb 11, 2025
8,000 government websites have been removed as part of Trump’s ban on the promotion of ‘gender ideology’, including pages about sexual health, reproductive rights and gender equality. Here’s a list of alternative resources
Feb 04, 2025
Maggie Shannon’s new photo book, Extreme Pain, Extreme Joy, depicts the ‘profound emotions’ of women in the throes of lockdown home births
Dec 13, 2024
Trump has flip-flopped on his stance towards a nationwide abortion ban – but some Americans are preparing for the worst and taking control of their bodies by considering vasectomies or tubal ligation
Nov 08, 2024
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has a solid track record of introducing progressive legislation, and defending reproductive rights and gender-affirming care. But let’s not get too excited
Aug 06, 2024
From their views on reproductive rights to their embrace of bizarre lifestyle fads, Republicans have become more extreme, more overbearing and more out-of-touch
Aug 01, 2024
A former venture capitalist, JD Vance has all the terrible positions you’d expect from a Republican senator – but his politics are much, much weirder than that
Jul 16, 2024
Women in the UK are being made to travel long distances and wait several weeks to access abortion care
Feb 20, 2023
Taking aim at stigma, misinformation and barriers of accessibility, a new emergency contraception brand is trying to make your morning after as smooth as possible
Dec 09, 2022
Young women, non-binary and AFAB people in the UK are being denied everything from antidepressants to cluster headache medication solely because they are of ‘childbearing’ age
Oct 26, 2022
From designer babies to artificial wombs, reproduction is being increasingly outsourced to tech – and throwing up urgent ethical questions in the process
Aug 19, 2022
Last month, the UK quietly removed a pledge to protect abortion and sexual health rights from a multi-nation statement on gender equality, sparking a diplomatic row
Aug 09, 2022
The situation in Britain is markedly different to the unfolding crisis in the US – but access to abortion here is more restricted than you might think
Jul 01, 2022
For women in red states, access to safe abortion is becoming impossible – we speak to five who are already being affected
Jun 28, 2022
Reproductive rights are set to take a colossal step backwards, but there’s still time to push back against the Supreme Court’s decision
Jun 17, 2022