Women celebrate in Valparaíso, Chile.
EPA/Claudio Bueno
After a fierce debate, one of the most restrictive reproductive laws in the world has been eased.
PA/Niall Carson
A depressing ruling from a Court of Appeal and a triumph in Westminster all at once.
Campaign groups are concerned about the party’s new influence in Westminster.
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Northern Ireland remains out of step with the rest of the UK when it comes to accessing abortion. Now the people behind that have become extremely powerful.
The Handmaid’s Tale.
The latest screen adaptation of Atwood’s celebrated 1980s novel has new relevance for women in the Trump era.
Community health workers like these visit patients’ homes in Malawi to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation–Malawi/Chris Cox
All recent Republican presidents have cut off foreign aid tied to abortion. Trump’s expansive version of those restrictions endangers billions slated for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
Actress and U.N. Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd visited a refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan in 2016.
AP Photo/Raad Adayleh
Contraception saves lives, and U.S. spending on it abroad had an unintended upside when it formed the backbone of early HIV prevention efforts.
The long road to abortion reform in the NT has been made possible by community campaigns, and gender parity in the lower house.
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Decriminalisation is important as it signals to the community that abortion is part of gynaecological care and should not be treated differently to any other form of health care.
Fumigation against the Zika-carrying mosquito in Guatemala.
Coordinadora Nacional para Reducción de Desastres via Flickr
Zika is not gender neutral: women’s rights are at stake.
Photo: Penny Kibble / Flickr
The ‘global gag’ will not lower the rate of abortions, but it will increase misery and suffering.
Pope Francis marks the end of the Jubilee of Mercy by closing the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
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The pope’s action is significant: It encourages priests to be more sensitive to the context of the lives of their laity.
Protesting against laws limiting access to abortions.
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Recent Supreme Court rulings played a crucial role in the cultural politics that got Donald Trump elected.
Protesters take to the streets on ‘Black Monday’ in Warsaw on October 3.
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A popular protest forced the government back down on its proposed ban, but Poland still has savagely restrictive abortion laws.
Kaine (L) and Pence, Oct. 4, 2016.
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One in five vice presidents becomes president. So we had scholars watching Tuesday night. Here’s what they heard.
The programs aim to influence teens to think seriously about contraception and the consequences of their sexual choices.
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Electronic baby simulators given to schoolgirls as part of a sex education program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant, a new Australian study has found.
A display used to educate the public on rubella vaccination and the mother-to-fetus transmission of this virus.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via Public Health Image Library
Though separated by time and place, there are surprising similarities in the the social issues raised by the rubella outbreak of 1964-65 and the recent Zika outbreak in South America.
Jamie Lowe
The fourth annual march for life was bigger than in previous years – but it still seems fragmented.
Birth control has become a flash point at the Supreme Court.
Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Providing women with a range of reproductive health options – from abortions to IUDs – is not only essential for their financial security but good for the economy as well.
A photograph from The Sabbat Cycle’s Austin stop, where a screening of ‘The Witch’ was held, followed by a satanic ritual.
The Satantic Temple
What, exactly, are the political goals of The Satanic Temple, which formed in 2013? A religion professor attended a recent satanic ritual to find out.
EPA/Jakub Kaminski
A growing street movement is fighting back as the new government clamps down on all kinds of freedoms.
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Belfast court inflicts three-month suspended jail term for acquiring abortion pills online in first criminal prosecution for a decade.