Reproductive rights
The latest news and comment on reproductive rights
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Spending $25 a woman annually on healthcare could save millions of livesWomen's rights and gender equality in focus Spending $25 a woman annually on healthcare could save millions of lives
Investing in reproductive healthcare would bring huge benefits for women and children and reduce long-term costs, says report by Guttmacher Institute and UN -
Can you imagine a world without condoms for safe sex? Scientists canDr Bethany Young Holt: Right now, if women want to protect themselves from HIV and pregnancies, condoms are the only option. But technology is about to change all that
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‘I can’t think of a time when it was worse’: US abortion doctors speak outCurtis and Glenna Boyd have worked in US abortion clinics ever since Roe v Wade made the practice legal in 1973. Forty years on, restricted rights mean they have to practise under FBI protection. Karen McVeigh reports
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It's OK to tell your abortion story. Some women just don't want to be pregnant
Jessica Valenti column It's OK to tell your abortion story. Some women just don't want to be pregnant
Jessica Valenti: You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your abortion. But with so many women being shamed, shouldn’t we speak out? -
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Britain must end its support for sterilisation in IndiaKalpana Wilson: Population control policies dehumanise women and lead to events such as the deaths of at least 14 women in Chhattisgarh
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Zoe's law, which put legal abortion in NSW at risk, all but defeatedBrodie Donegan, the woman behind the bill which aims to give personhood to a foetus, pushes to reintroduce another version
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2014 was an election of firsts for Republican women. But it wasn't a 'win' for women at all
Jessica Valenti column 2014 was an election of firsts for Republican women. But it wasn't a 'win' for women at all
Jessica Valenti: Record numbers don’t matter if the party is still targeting women’s rights – and if elected women are still throwing their own gender under the bus
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Tennessee vote puts 'last lifeboat' of southern abortion rights at riskRepublican leaders call state an ‘abortion destination’ and pose ballot question that carries questions of religion, privacy and women’s rights
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No one can prevent all abortions. You can only eliminate safe abortionsJessica Valenti: Women on Waves helps women obtain abortions in countries where it is illegal. Are they going to have to sail to America, too?
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Irish politician to take abortion pill in Dublin in defiance of republic’s banSocialist TD Ruth Coppinger, along with 30 other pro-choice activists, to receive pills in defiance of country’s laws
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Counter reproductive: more men had vasectomies during the US recessionThe rise in the number of male vasectomies reflects the ways the economy can drastically change the course of our lives
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Texas abortion clinics open and close on whims of recent rulingsIn the two weeks before the US supreme court barred parts of Texas’ strict abortion law, abortion providers had to fire staff and lose leases
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Girls worldwide are ‘living in fear of abuse’Plan International research in Asia, South America and Africa produces worrying findings of girls living in fear and enduring abuse, reports Tracy McVeigh
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Designer babies? It looks like racism and eugenics to meJulie Bindel: The case of a lesbian couple suing a sperm bank over their black donor has laid bare the ethical minefield of the ‘gayby’ boom
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Denmark and Netherlands launch fund for sexual health groups
Women's rights and gender equality in focus Denmark and Netherlands launch fund for sexual health groups
Cash aims to boost grassroots reproductive rights groups that are sometimes marginalised for their contentious agendas -
Activists urge renewed women’s rights focus as UN meets in New York
Women's rights and gender equality in focus Activists urge renewed women’s rights focus as UN meets in New York
Activists still demanding progress 20 years after Cairo deal, as UN meeting also aims to tackle newer problems of climate change and migration -
Cairo+20: what progress has been made on women's rights?
Women's rights and gender equality in focus Cairo+20: what progress has been made on women's rights?
Twenty years ago, governments signed a deal that put women’s rights, empowerment and well-being at the centre of discussions about population and development. What has been achieved since? -
The Texas abortion clinic battle is about more than politics. It's about women's lives
Jessica Valenti column The Texas abortion clinic battle is about more than politics. It's about women's lives
Jessica Valenti: Reproductive rights are more than a shouting match. They’re about the ability of women to access life-changing health care
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If you think men should help decide if a woman gets an abortion, just shut up
Jessica Valenti column If you think men should help decide if a woman gets an abortion, just shut up
Jessica Valenti: Her body, her choice. Period -
Inside the secret war on abortion clinics that could shutter them across AmericaRobin Marty: Anti-abortion activists in Ohio are plotting to pick off clinics one by one. By the time a judge catches up, it may be too late
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Bravo for Wendy Davis, but women's abortions are none of your businessJessica Valenti: Not all of us have the kind of support to reveal the pregnancies we ended. Not all of us want to be that brave. And none of us should have to be
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Louisiana's restrictive abortion law blocked by federal judgeAbortion providers given temporary reprieve from law requiring them to obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals
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Texas to appeal after federal judge strikes down abortion restrictionsRuling halted closure of a dozen abortion clinics across the state, threatened under restrictive measures passed in 2013
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Ireland and abortion: the law is failing women
Mara Clarke: The latest case of a woman denied an abortion and forced to have a caesarean shows the situation for vulnerable women is still dire
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Implementation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 - full document
Document: Under new guidelines, pregnant women in Ireland could be blocked from having an abortion even if they are at risk of suicide after conceiving as a result of rape or incest
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Mississippi's sole abortion clinic can stay open after court rules in its favourFederal appeals judges rule Mississippi law that would close clinic is unconstitutional, citing 1973 supreme court decision
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FGM and child marriage: grandmothers are part of the problem and the solution
Girls on their own can't change the norms that endanger them. Understand the role of the other women in a girl's life, says Fatimah Kelleher
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Calling for an end to female genital mutilation
Affecting 125 million worldwide, FGM has a debilitating effect on physical and mental health. But how to eradicate the abusive practice? Sponsored feature
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Central African Republic – surgeon's diary from a country on the brinkSome patients are innocents caught in the crossfire – some the very ones who shoot, says David Rothstein, a paediatric surgeon working with MSF in Bangui
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Aids, pregnancy and the church: young Hondurans take a stand
Religious attitudes in Honduras have contributed to high teen pregnancy and HIV rates, now youth demand better sex education, say Carlisle J Levine and Vanessa Siliezar
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World in a week: Malawi president demands recount amid hacking fears19 - 23 May: Been offline? Catch up on the development-related news, images, infographics and reports that matter
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Parents before they are grown-up: child marriage in Malawi
NGOs are working to offer young brides more choices, but complain there's a lack of political will to address the issue
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'I decide' campaign targets support of powerbrokers on sexual rights
Women's rights and gender equality in focus 'I decide' campaign targets support of powerbrokers on sexual rights
International Planned Parenthood Federation launches global push to have reproductive rights included in development goals -
The Emily Letts abortion video gives voice to women in the shadowsJessica Valenti: Too often, it's barely acceptable to have an abortion, even if you might die. But what if you just don't want to be a parent? Isn't it OK to have mixed emotions?
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Jessica Valenti column If we truly valued motherhood, we would actually do something to help pregnant women