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Debates on decriminalising abortion have been repeatedly delayed.
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.
Social media platforms can be a gateway for young people who need to access essential resources and support services.
Obstetric and gynecological violence is care that is violent, disrespectful, abusive or neglectful. At its heart is the absence of consent, or consent without having received appropriate information.
In the past, when courts considered disputes over what to do with no-longer-wanted embryos, they typically considered them property. The Alabama ruling challenges this legal precedent.
New federal pharmacare legislation is an important opportunity to give all Canadian women access to effective contraception and realize the right to reproductive health.
Endometriosis often means years of severe pain, lost productivity and dismissed symptoms before getting a diagnosis — followed by ineffective treatment. New funding aims to change this pattern.
This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated up in 2011.
When donors can father multiple children, there are risks that need to be considered.
Dealing with climate change requires us to address not just our carbon emissions but also the disconnection with ourselves and our planet which fuels ecological destruction.
For many years women were blamed for a couple’s infertility. But it’s now known that male factor infertility contributes to about 50% of total cases.
By offering abortion care benefits and policies, employers can serve as a “firewall” to protect against harmful legislation — but only if these benefits are easily accessible and de-stigmatized.
Finding cosmetics that are free of hormone- disrupting chemicals often means paying more. An epidemiologist explains the risk, particularly for young women.
For too long, people with disability have been stripped of their autonomy, self-determination and dignity when it comes to accessing sexual and reproductive health care.
A parliamentary inquiry recommends all Australian public hospitals provide abortions or timely and affordable pathways to other local providers. Why don’t hospitals already do this?
Manufacturers don’t usually have to disclose what’s in products like shampoo and household cleaners, but a new study finds that these products can contain hazardous ingredients.
Despite Australia spending so much money on prisons, incarcerated women’s reproductive health care is lacking to the point of being degrading.
Education is important for girls’ future earning power and the promotion of their lifelong health and socioeconomic well-being.
Outpatient visits, screening and diagnostic services, and child immunisation were particularly negatively affected.
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Karin Hammarberg is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Florida
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Reader / Associate Professor in Reproductive Science, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Western Sydney University
