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Surja Devi Saud practices Chaupadi outside her house, in Achham District, Nepal, on February 16, 2014. Chaupadi is a tradition observed in parts of Nepal, where women sleep outside while menstruating.

When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

by Mohammad Saeed Gharaati Jahromi

Despite endometriosis's links to psychiatric conditions, health systems fail to train doctors to spot these connections

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Dr. Meera Shah, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, communicates with patients online in an unoccupied exam room in White Plains, New York, U.S., April 3, 2020.

The Dangers of Birth Control Misinformation Post-Roe

by Alejandra Martinez

Incorrect information and a lack of education on contraception has created the perfect storm for misinformation 

Catalina Leano, a licensed vocational nurse at Houston Women's Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound with the clinic doctor present.
Gender

A Kansas Physician on Post-Roe Abortion Care

An OB-GYN explains the realities of abortion care after Dobbs and how providers are handling the patient overflows

Migrants are detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing into the United States from Mexico.
Migration

Abortion Access for U.S. Immigrants

A reproductive epidemiologist explores the barriers and gateways to abortion access for U.S. immigrants

A woman exercises along the Arabian Sea.
Gender

India Is Unprepared for a PCOS Crisis

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

Further research and evidence-based guidelines could help reconcile the increasingly common endocrine disorder

A displaced pregnant Palestinian woman speaks in a tent.
Gender

A Nightmare for Pregnant Women in Gaza

by Rondi Anderson

An on-the-scene health worker explains how Gaza could lose a generation if pregnant women remain at risk

Nicole Spencer, 24, a medical student who suffers from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), organizes her weekly medication.
Governance

Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election

by Anil Cacodcar

The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue

Media crews work at the press room in the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus ahead of the first 2024 presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024.
Governance

Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate

by Chloe Searchinger

Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health

Access to Abortion Has Increased Globally
Gender

Post-Roe Era Tests Abortion Laws Worldwide

As abortion comes under fire in the United States, some countries have taken a stance toward expanding access

A patient prepares to take Mifepristone.
Gender

U.S. Supreme Court Challenge to Abortion Pills Could Boost Illegal Imports

by Chloe Searchinger

Safeguarding access to pills from online foreign distributors may become a flashpoint in the reproductive care battle

Abortion rights demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization case.
Gender

Roe's Repeal Inspires Abortion Rollbacks in Other Countries

by Mariel Ferragamo

The U.S. dismantling of abortion protections has seeped beyond borders

Ashley Karungi 33, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of two poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda April 4, 2023.
Gender

LGBTQI+ People Need a Permanent End to the Global Gag Rule

by Beirne Roose-Snyder

The Global Gag Rule disrupts health services and relationships for LGBTQI+ people and harms LGBTQI+ rights globally

Loretta Lynn waves after performing the song "Miss being Mrs." at the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 26, 2004.
Gender

Loretta Lynn and Beyond: Reproductive Rights in Country and Folk Music

by Isabella Turilli

A slideshow of songs highlighting the once taboo topics of birth control, virginity, and divorce in rural America

Abortion rights supporters holding pink and green signs face the white columns of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as they demonstrate against the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization ruling in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022.
Gender

U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm

by Samantha Kiernan, Lillian Posner

The United States is an outlier on abortion access