reproductive health

Staff members hold an informal meeting before opening the STD free clinic in February in Portland, Maine. The CDC recorded more than 2 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis nationally in 2016 — the highest number of reported cases yet, offi

Trump's Redirection Of Family Planning Funds Could Undercut STD Fight

1:00pm June 12, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

Some public health officials fear Trump's move to change how the Title X family planning funding is handled may hurt the effort to cut the record number of sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S.

Thousands of abortion-rights opponents demonstrate in Dublin on March 10.

Ireland's Abortion Referendum Is Proving Deeply Divisive

6:49pm May 24, 2018

by Alice Fordham

Voters in Ireland will decide on Friday whether they want to repeal a constitutional amendment that protects "the right to life of the unborn."

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Melvine Ouyo is a reproductive health nurse at Family Health Options Kenya. She visited Washington, D.C., to discuss how the clinic has lost funding because it would not agree to the terms of President Trump's executive order banning U.S. aid to any healt

Kenyan Clinic Rejects Trump Abortion Policy, Loses $2 Million In U.S. Aid

4:08pm May 02, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The president has banned U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that performs or promotes abortion. Kenya's oldest provider of reproductive health services has already lost funding.

President Trump shakes hands with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar after he is sworn in by Vice President Pence on Jan. 29. Major reproductive health organizations are voicing concerns about the Trump administration's new approach to federal

Planned Parenthood Sues To Block Trump's 'Radical Shift' In Family Planning Program

12:08pm May 02, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

The Trump administration's proposed changes to the federal Title X program would put the health of millions of low-income patients at risk, according to Planned Parenthood.

Activists both supporting and opposing abortion rights gathered in front of the the Supreme Court during the March for Life on Jan. 19.

Young People More Likely To Shift Toward Supporting Abortion Rights, Poll Finds

5:39am April 17, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

The generational divide uncovered by a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute may be linked to changing attitudes about religion.

After Years In the Trenches, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Will Step Down

11:32am January 26, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Since taking over as president of Planned Parenthood in 2006, Cecile Richards has led the organization through numerous political fights. Those conflicts have intensified under President Trump.

Noemi Padilla, 47, recently left Tampa Women's Health, an independent clinic in Tampa, Fla. She worked there as a surgical nurse and assisted on abortion procedures up to about 23 weeks gestation.

The Anti-Abortion Group That's Urging Clinic Workers to Quit Their Jobs

5:13pm January 11, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

The nonprofit organization And Then They Were None offers financial assistance, job search help, and spiritual and emotional support to workers who leave jobs at clinics that provide abortions.

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In India, a traditional midwife attempts to induce abortion by massaging herbs and oil on a woman's belly.

Nearly Half of All Abortions Unsafe In Developing Countries

5:24pm October 03, 2017

by Susan Brink

Gilda Sedgh, the author of a new study on global abortion, explains the difference between safe and unsafe abortions and what women in low-income countries will need to access safe procedures.

A scientist holds a bioprosthetic mouse ovary made of gelatin with tweezers.

Scientists One Step Closer To 3-D-Printed Ovaries To Treat Infertility

10:38am May 20, 2017

by Rob Stein

Researchers printed gelatin scaffolds into which they placed ovarian tissue, and then implanted the new organs in mice. Three out of seven female mice produced healthy offspring using the technology.

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EVATAR is a book-size lab system that can replicate a woman's reproductive cycle. Each compartment contains living tissue from a different part of the reproductive tract. The blue fluid pumps through each compartment, chemically connecting the various tis

Device Mimicking Female Reproductive Cycle Could Aid Research

5:15pm March 28, 2017

by Rob Stein

Scientists have assembled a lab system from living tissue that can replicate a woman's 28-day hormonal cycle. The goal is to use the system to find new ways to treat a host of women's health problems.

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