Transvaginal Mesh Is Ruining Women’s Lives
The surgical procedure, to correct pelvic organ prolapse, has left thousands of women in pain, injured, and even disabled. If only their doctors warned them.
Women’s Health
Birth Needs a #MeToo Reckoning
The last thing a person giving birth should have to worry about is being violated or abused by a medical practitioner. And yet, it’s more common than you think.
Why Are More Women Dying by Suicide?
The suicide rate among women has increased exponentially for the past 20 years. The burden of trying to do it all just may be the culprit.
“Natural Family Planning” Is Not Actually Birth Control
By taking Title X money from health providers to fund anti-abortion fake health centers, the government is trying to change the very meaning of contraception.
Why We Need ‘Our Bodies Ourselves’ Now More Than Ever
The classic guide to sex and sexuality is going out of print at a time when women’s bodies are under attack. Will the disappearance of this resource lead to a public health crisis?
Why Don’t Doctors Take Women’s Pain Seriously?
The medical community has a gender bias, putting women at a disadvantage when they’re literally screaming for help.
Why Don’t Women Accept Help When They Need It?
It’s not surprising that women who take on too much often refuse others’ offers to ease their burden—but their reasons why might be.
Could Neil Gorsuch Make the Supreme Court Move Left?
Trump's ultra-conservative Supreme Court nominee is one of the abortion-rights movement's worst enemies. But his appointment may not be as horrific as we think.
Four Feminists Recall Life Before and After ‘Roe v. Wade’
It's been 44 years since SCOTUS legalized abortion—now we have an administration eager to repeal the decision. We spoke with women who remember well the dangers of life before it.