Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
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I’m a scholar, not an activist or an advocate. But now one of the most intimate, personal events of our lives had been turned into a political event by the state’s highest court.
You can donate to environmental charities and even purchase carbon offsets, but not having an additional child typically has a much greater impact.
We found no discernable difference in how people rated family scenarios with one, two or three children.
The success of the Maputo Protocol in protecting the rights of women and eliminating discrimination is remarkable.
The last decade has seen no measurable change in global preterm birth rates in any region of the world.
Fewer than one in 100 people who use IUDs and contraceptive implants become pregnant each year, making them the most effective contraceptives. But they can be difficult to access. Here’s why.
Cities are increasingly unsafe and unhealthy. Family planning can help curb unsustainable urbanisation.
There’s no simple “yes” or “no” answer to whether we should produce more children when Earth is in such dire straits.
China’s birth rate hit a record low in 2022.
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.
There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
Adolescent girls are disproportionately affected by sexual and reproductive health issues. These proposed law substantively addresses these disparities.
Several rap songs speak on the subject of abortion from the perspective of the unborn child.
Medicinal plants and the associated indigenous knowledge could offer alternatives for women who lack access to modern contraceptives.
Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
Overturning this landmark US Supreme Court ruling would set back reproductive justice for women around the world.
It is likely that countries may use the US abortion ban to further restrict abortion access for fear of losing health funding.
For countries that look to the US for guidance and for funding, the consequences will go beyond abortion.
Contrary to expectations, researchers found that overall contraceptive use increased in most settings.
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Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
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Professor at Prince Henry's Institute, Hudson Institute
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Professor of Practice, The Daffodil Centre, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, University of Sydney
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe 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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Associate Professor in American Politics and American Foreign Policy, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Health Equity, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork
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Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University
