Lab-Grown Monkey Embryos Reveal in 3-D How Organs Begin
At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb
At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb
U.S. Food and Drug advisers show unanimous support to approve the use of the birth control medication Opill without a prescription
Recent rulings on the abortion pill cite the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that’s still on the books
The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness
Courts hand down conflicting decisions often. Here’s how this has played out with mifepristone
A federal judge in Texas ruled to withdraw the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, potentially making medication abortion less accessible nationwide...
A judge’s bad decision about the abortion pill rests on stigma about abortion that harms health care
A step-by-step look at how these drugs end pregnancy
The end of Roe reshaped abortion access across the U.S. What does it take to track those changes?
Recent research offers a tantalizing glimpse at a future in which two men can have biological children together, but any human applications remain far in the future
Preeclampsia is a common pregnancy disorder, but doctors lacked a decisive way to predict its severity until now
A judge’s decision could ban mifepristone across the country and weaken the Food and Drug Administration’s authority
Pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit or die than those who are uninfected, but vaccination significantly reduces the risk
One in three cases of maternal sepsis can be prevented with a single dose of antibiotic, a study in low- and middle-income countries shows
A beating heart is neither a necessary nor sufficient standard to determine the start of life, making antiabortion heartbeat bills morally and legally wrong
As the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal put reproduction into the political limelight, Scientific American explored a range of issues related to abortion and reproductive health...
The COVID vaccines can affect menstrual cycles, but the changes are small and short-lived, research shows
A United Nations model predicts a slower rate of population growth than was previously estimated
Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all five states with abortion-related measures on their ballots
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first over-the-counter birth control pill, pharmacists and pharmacies could play an ever increasing role in reproductive health care...
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