Average age of first-time mothers in the U.S. rose from 21 in 1972 to 27.5 in 2024, with stark differences between red and ...
Some people expressed concern that the list could be used to track people using such medication in states with abortion ...
The survey of Missourians ages 18 to 35 found widespread support for birth control, with 85% of those polled in favor of ...
Millions of women rely on birth control, but understanding how different options affect overall health is key to making ...
GLP-1 receptor agonists and dual GLP-1/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide agonists are not likely to decrease the ...
Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and the author, most recently, of Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025). We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth ...
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is running to succeed retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R), is pushing to expand access to birth control as the race for the open Senate seat heats up. The Iowa congresswoman ...
Mary Ziegler, a contributing writer to Globe Ideas, is a professor of law at the University of California, Davis, and the author of "Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction." Specifically, the ...
When I was twenty-two, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Though I experienced symptoms for years, it wasn’t until I went a full year without getting a period that I realized I ...
The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...
Miannica Frison was in the throes of labor in 2020 when a nurse entered her room at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. Frison was screaming in pain. But rather than see how she could help, Frison ...