The Supreme Court is considering a case that could restrict abortions. One argument is that birth control eliminates the need for abortion. But contraception doesn’t offer an easy fix.
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Many people are filing lawsuits after discovering that sperm banks failed to verify information from donors about their medical and personal backgrounds.
Arguments in a case that could fundamentally alter a woman’s right to abortion were heard at the Supreme Court. Justices’ questions suggest that Roe v. Wade is on shaky ground.
Surrogacy can be exploitative, but a theologian writes how it can also remind individuals that family is not just biological but also social and relational.
The legacy of eugenics is still active in the U.S. Paternalistic attitudes and policies on the reproductive agency of disabled people is one way it manifests.
‘Heartbeat’ abortion laws like the one enacted in Texas are often based on particular Christian views, but there are many religious perspectives on abortion. What do Jewish texts say?
The abortion rights debate has moved on from freedom to choose – it is now about having available options, a bioethicist writes.
Worries about the potential repercussions of providing legal and accurate abortion care are endangering people’s health and lives
Many pregnant women who request planned caesarean deliveries are simply told no, despite guidelines advising doctors who disagree to offer referral or transfer care.
Despite a new legal framework for abortion services, many women still travel to other parts of the UK to have an abortion.
Over the past 48 years, women in the US have married later, attained higher education and joined the workforce in record numbers. Could a conservative Supreme Court turn it all back?
When it comes to anniversaries we should not just celebrate the good but also take stock of the bad.
Hundreds of Salvadoran women have been prosecuted for homicide for having abortions, miscarriages or stillbirths since 1997. Now an international court must decide: Is that legal?
The women’s movement in Poland faces a powerful and as yet unchallenged adversary in the Catholic Church.The protesters have correctly shone a spotlight on the church for its hold on Polish politics.
The death of U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has re-ignited debates on the protection of reproductive rights. This might be the time to examine an overlooked inconsistency in the pro-life argument.
As more choices become theoretically available to prospective parents, it’s important to understand their rights.
With healthcare facilities burned by the Covid-19 pandemic, some countries have eased access to the “abortion pills” mifepristone and misoprostol (RU-486), a change that could signal a long-term shift.
Since an infant was found in a recycling bin last fall in Saskatoon, advocates have renewed their campaign for baby hatches, places mothers can leave newborns safely and anonymously.
Westminster has pushed Northern Ireland to fall into line with the rest of the UK when it comes to women’s reproductive rights and marriage for same-sex couples.
Those who claim that Scheer’s positions on a woman’s right to choose and a same-sex couple’s right to marry are irrelevant so long as he refuses to reopen debate are missing the point.
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
