Opinion: Needed for reproductive justice and autonomy: women in design
Powerful groups of mostly men are making major decisions about biology and bodies they know…
Category: reproductive health
Florida accounts for 8% of U.S. abortions. Where will patients go?
Abortion access organizations say they are confronting an imminent crisis with Florida’s forthcoming six-week ban…
Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, paving way for 6-week ban
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most…
Listen: What the mifepristone case means, GLP-1 skepticism, & Chinese biotech
Who gets to sue the FDA? Is pharma caught in a trade war? And what…
Supreme Court mifepristone arguments focus on physicians’ right to sue, not FDA judgment
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to question physician’s right to sue the…
SCOTUS’ abortion pill mifepristone case is really about the FDA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear opening arguments in an abortion medication…
Pregnancy increases biological age — but recovery and breastfeeding can undo the damage, study finds
Pregnancy is a known stressor on the body. But a new study published on Friday…
Abortion law emergency-exemption guidance proposed by Texas Medical Board
The Texas Medical Board, responding to pressure from the state Supreme Court and widespread uncertainty…
Male birth control research wins audience over at STAT Madness event
What happens when too many excellent, pioneering researchers enter a room? A little madness. That’s…
Amid the battle over abortion rights, a failure to agree on how to define abortion
Every year, Lisa Campo-Engelstein tells her medical ethics class the story of Isabel: A fictional…
STAT+: IVF doctors demand full details on fluid that grows embryos amid CooperSurgical lawsuits
Patients from all over the country are filing lawsuits against medical supply giant CooperSurgical, alleging…
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Biden calls for election wake-up call on abortion rights — but new upheavals are fast approaching
WASHINGTON — President Biden started his sprawling national address Thursday night with a warning to…
Girls are starting puberty earlier than ever. For some, that comes with major mental health risks
Zaria was just 9 years old when a nurse practitioner delivered news that rocked her…
It’s time to stop treating menopause like a disease, researchers argue in series of Lancet articles
One in eight people is postmenopausal, and about 50 million women enter menopause every year….
Opinion: How ideas from ancient Greece like ‘a bun in the oven’ continue to affect reproductive health policy
On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v….
First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores
WASHINGTON — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this…
CVS and Walgreens plan to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone soon
The drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing an abortion pill in a few…
Opinion: IVF bans like Alabama’s could cost the lives of children already born
When my wife, Laurie, completed her ninth in vitro fertilization cycle in the spring of…
Protocols originally intended to be extra conservative are now heralded as evidence of mifepristone’s risk
Decisions made by the Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago have come…
As midwife-assisted home births rise, so too do high-risk births outside hospitals
Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was…
Embryo loss is integral to IVF. Alabama’s ruling equating embryos to children jeopardizes its practice
An embryo is one of the earliest stages of development of a multicellular organism. But…
Opinion: The Alabama IVF ruling uses faux scientific language to justify a religious position
Imagine having 15 miscarriages. Maybe you can shrug off the first one or two and…
Alabama hospital pauses IVF treatments in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A large Alabama hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments Wednesday as health…
Meet the fetal surgeon forging CRISPR’s next frontier: curing diseases in the womb
SAN FRANCISCO — Outside, the August sun wasn’t yet visible through the thick folds of…
Studies cited in abortion pill case are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest
A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion…
Could testosterone be a useful treatment for menopause?
The world may be getting over the idea that men are from Mars and women…
Texas Medical Board under pressure to define emergency exception to abortion ban
Amid ongoing uncertainty about when abortions are permissible in Texas, the state’s medical board is…
Opinion: What the pope is missing about commercial surrogacy
Over the past few years, I have watched a wonderful young boy I’ll call Chad…
Supreme Court slates abortion pill case for March
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments about access to the abortion medication mifepristone…
Abortion funds run short of money as demand soars and donations fall
The head of the Abortion Fund of Ohio had a sinking feeling as she looked…
A new, non-invasive test could help predict the quality of embryo used for IVF
Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a new method…
Opinion: Cord blood banking sounds like a great idea — until you realize what it costs babies
If her social media accounts are any indication, model, cookbook author, television personality, and entrepreneur…
Opinion: What STAT readers think about JPM’s locked lactation room, covering weight loss drugs, and more
STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays…
New York’s new doula plan will cover services for anyone on Medicaid
NEW YORK — During the peak of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Kendra Berger delivered her second…
Opinion: Pumping milk at JPM was a nightmare. It’s part of a bigger problem in the industry
Since having a baby 10 months ago, I’ve learned many things. Chief among them: Pumping…
Advocates expect Supreme Court Idaho abortion decision to fuel efforts to further restrict access
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consider the legality of Idaho’s abortion law — and…
STAT+: Bayer’s promising menopause drug trial results highlight growing interest in long-neglected condition
More hopeful news on the menopause front: Bayer announced on Monday encouraging results in two…
STAT+: An injectable gel enters the male birth control fray with early positive clinical data
Between condoms and vasectomies lies a vast, undeveloped chasm of male birth control. Contraline, a…
Opinion: Being a chronically ill young adult is hard enough. Finding information about my fertility is even harder
I recently turned 25. I should be taking risks, jet-setting with other Barbies, and flouncing…
Pregnant cancer patients often have to terminate. Abortion pill restrictions could make that choice even harder
WASHINGTON — The patient had already made the agonizing decision to start chemotherapy to address…
Kate Cox is one of hundreds in Texas denied abortions despite serious health risks, data show
A Texas woman’s unsuccessful legal fight for an abortion on medical emergency grounds drew nationwide…
Opinion: The federal government fails to provide Americans with reproductive health information they need. Here’s a better approach
Soon after the end of Roe v. Wade, President Biden issued an executive order attempting…
When Dobbs forced one doctor to shutter his abortion clinic, he took his mission on the road
On June 24, 2022, Aaron Campbell turned away patients at his abortion clinic for the…
Opinion: Exceptions to abortion restrictions often fail people like Kate Cox whose babies are sure to die
Imagine being in the midst of your pregnancy, and you learn that your baby is…
STAT+: Male birth control gets another shot with small new trial of non-hormonal pill
From several types of hormonal pills to implants, IUDs, and vaginal rings, women have a…
Mexico’s activist ‘companion networks’ quietly provide abortion pills and support to U.S. women
TIJUANA, Mexico — Just over a decade ago, when Crystal Pérez Lira needed an abortion,…
Proposal to protect abortion patients’ records faces pushback from Epic, UnitedHealth
At a time when abortion access can vary widely across the U.S., many reproductive health…
STAT+: Using Pap smears for earlier ovarian cancer detection shows promise in small new study
Ovarian cancer owes its often-dismal prognosis to the late stage at which it’s typically discovered….
New gene therapies confront many sickle cell patients with an impossible choice: a cure or fertility
As a teenager, Marie Tornyenu was always having to explain herself. If it wasn’t the…
Opinion: New abortion restrictions pose a serious threat to fetal surgery
The concept of fetal surgery captures the imagination when, from time to time, it makes…