Reproductive Rights

Mar 2417 min

The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

Archana Ashok Chaure has given her life to sugar. She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about 14 — “too young,”...

Mar 117 min

Southern Anti-Trans Laws Are Uprooting Families — And Leaving Them With Impossible Choices

Families in the South had just learned to navigate care for their transgender kids when a slew of new laws put their health and futures...

Feb 268 min

100 years ago, Virginia authorized forced sterilizations and a ‘paper genocide’

It’s taken nearly a century to undo the legacies of these two measures. This year marks the 100th anniversary of two of the most shameful...

Jan 165 min

Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing

Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel's blockade of...

Oct 30, 20235 min

No Privacy, No Water: Gaza Women Use Period-Delaying Pills Amid Israel War

Tablets used to delay periods can cause negative side effects but without access to water and hygiene products, women in Gaza say they...

Sep 6, 20234 min

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure

Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the...

Aug 24, 20235 min

The Global Stakes for Human Rights in America’s Election

American leadership impacts human rights globally through the hard power of institutional leadership and the soft power of example — a...

Jul 2, 20234 min

After the fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than sub-Saharan Africa, where...

Mar 21, 20239 min

Cuando las leyes antiaborto matan: las centroamericanas que están abriendo el camino

Las muertes de la salvadoreña Manuela, la dominicana Esperancita o la nicaragüense Amelia son los antecedentes del caso ‘Beatriz vs El...

Jan 23, 20232 min

Lawmakers seek to restrict drag shows, make abortion homicide

As we kick off the third week of the Legislature's session, here's a recap of happenings and bill movement at the state Capitol. Driving...

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