For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15–49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive method—nearly identical to the ...
May 25, 2026
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A new commentary in Reproductive Health calls for fetal condition care to be reframed through a reproductive justice (RJ) lens, arguing that systemic inequities, not just medical factors, shape the options available to families. ...
Apr 18, 2026
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State-level abortion restrictions have shifted the landscape of care and the experiences of people traveling for abortion care after the June 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision. A new, ...
Mar 9, 2026
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In the three-and-a-half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the fragmented state of abortion access has put medical professionals ...
Mar 4, 2026
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A prior abortion or miscarriage was not linked with an increased risk of developing pre- or postmenopausal breast cancer in a study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Feb 11, 2026
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A new national study of Medicaid enrollees finds that postpartum depression (PPD) rose significantly among women and adolescents living in low-income areas of states that banned or severely restricted abortion following the ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Reproductive coercion poses serious risks to health and well-being, yet remains poorly recognized in general practice, according to new Monash University research. A series of research studies by Susan Saldanha, Research ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, according to a study in JAMA Network Open led by researchers at the University of Maryland and Brown ...
Jan 28, 2026
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Abortion will stay legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court ruled that a pair of abortion bans passed by lawmakers violate the state constitution.
Jan 7, 2026
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Research involving Pompeu Fabra University has concluded that abortions in Spain fell by around 24% during the two months of strict lockdown due to COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. The study, conducted by the researchers Libertad ...
Dec 15, 2025
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