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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.
The fall of Roe v. Wade will result in more people deciding to privately end a pregnancy, a new study finds. But how often people will turn to safe versus unsafe options remains to be seen.
Research shows that many girls are in elementary school when they have their first period. But often they have not received adequate health education.
Research shows hormonal contraceptives may have small but significant effects on behaviour.
When ideological enemies talk across their great divides, something good can happen – it reduces stereotypes and inflammatory language directed at people who don’t agree on the abortion rights issue.
New Zealand’s healthcare policies for migrants generally rate highly, but women and children with a migrant background still experience language barriers, systemic racism and lack of support.
Some IVF clinics promise a lot when it comes to egg freezing but in reality, your chances come down to three key numbers: your age, the number of eggs collected and your budget.
It would take huge numbers of people submitting bad data to affect the algorithms behind period tracking apps, but even then it would be more harmful than helpful.
By overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court has thrown the issue of abortion back to the states – and made it harder for Black and brown women to have access to reproductive health services.
State supreme courts have a relatively low profile in the US. That’s going to change now that they will be under political pressure to decide whether abortion is protected in state constitutions.
Clinicians now able to give a clinical diagnosis of “suspected endometriosis” based on symptoms and a physical examination.
Three experts answer questions about the effectiveness, safety and side effects of medication abortion, using mifepristone followed by misoprostol.
Restricting abortion access has negative effects on parents, as well as children and families, including increased poverty, unemployment, pregnancy-related deaths and higher health risks in children.
A draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests that a majority of the court may overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion in the US.
People living with endometriosis wait an average of 7.5 years for a diagnosis. Social science researchers are working to identify ways to help reduce this timeline.
During the pandemic, health care providers began prescribing abortion pills without requiring in-person exams. This practice could help people access the care they need when abortion rights are in limbo.
Doctors don’t ‘check you for everything’, but are guided by what you personally would benefit from, based on your age and individual history.
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Florida
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Finkel Professor of Global Health, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Reader / Associate Professor in Reproductive Science, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton
