News & Views The fight for abortion rights in Australia is far from over Anti-abortion campaigns are growing in Australia, putting abortion access and reproductive rights under renewed pressure.
News & Views ‘It’s not a backlash. It’s an organised, well-funded strategy”: The woman leading the world’s largest reproductive health network is ready for anything Maria Antonieta Alcalde never backs down. The new Director General of International Planned Parenthood Federation is well aware of the forces the world’s largest network of reproductive rights is up against.
News & Views I worked as a midwife when contraception was illegal. We shouldn’t forget what that looked like A midwife recalls delivering babies in poverty, reminding us reproductive rights shape women’s choices, lives and futures.
News & Views We’re not just tired. We’re carrying grief, rage and a world on fire I am not without hope, but I am bone tired. There is a particular exhaustion that belongs to women who hold too much.
Women's Health News Family Planning Australia celebrates 100 years of women’s health and rights Family Planning Australia has celebrated its 100th year of operation, advancing the nation’s sexual health and reproductive education.
News & Views The confected outrage over Baby Priya’s Bill turned women’s pain into cruel political theatre Watching senior MPs twist the intent of Baby Priya’s Bill into a culture war about abortion, I felt that familiar hollow ache.
News & Views Don’t lecture me about morality Joyce and co: I’m a mother, not a loophole Women deserve respect, not regulation, because pregnancy, loss and parenthood are about survival, compassion and trust, not exploitation.
News & Views British lawmakers vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales Women in England and Wales will no longer be prosecuted for having an abortion, after British lawmakers voted to decriminalise the procedure in an amendment to the government’s crime and policing bill.
News & Views ‘It’s torture’: Adriana Smith kept alive despite being declared ‘brain dead’ due to strict abortion ban In the US state of Georgia, a 30-year old who has been declared by doctors as “brain-dead” has been kept alive due to a strict abortion law.
Partner Content Getting advice about contraception from social media? Here’s why it’s worth seeking professional support Many young women are looking to social media for information about their reproductive health, rather than consulting a medical professional.
World US government reproductive rights website goes offline under Trump presidency A US government reproductive rights website has gone offline and search results for ‘abortion’ scrubbed as Donald Trump takes office.
Soapbox ‘The father of IVF’: Donald Trump’s latest bid to win women voters doesn’t add up Donald Trump appears to be trying out a new tactic to appeal to a demographic he’s always struggled to win votes from– women.