Menopause is known to mark a major transition in women’s bodies, but its effects on the reproductive system as a whole is ...

Despite affecting half of the world's population, menopause has historically been understudied and misunderstood, both in ...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) speaks outside of the United States Capitol on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. It was the summer of 2015. I was living in New York City, working in climate policy at the ...

Menstrual cramps are common and often occur before and during the menstrual cycle. Ectopic pregnancies are medical emergencies that can cause severe pain and complications. Endometriosis causes tissue ...

The female reproductive system is made up of the parts that are inside and outside the body that help a female make a baby. Both the female and male reproductive system are needed for this. The female ...

In “Reproductive Wrongs,” the classicist Sarah Ruden traces efforts to exert political control over family planning back 2,000 years. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed ...

In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month's end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many ...

The Reproductive Rights Law Initiative (RRLI) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law aims to preserve, protect, and expand access to abortion and reproductive health care in Ohio and ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK, to buy a pregnancy test. But it wasn’t for Moffett. Her postdoc, ...