reproductive rights

Kenyan women wait to receive family planning and reproductive health services at the Family Health Options Kenya

Kenyan health providers call Trump's global gag rule 'a death sentence' for women

President Donald Trump cut US funding to any international organization that administers or even discusses abortion with its patients. A Kenyan health group is traveling across the US to tell Americans how that rule affects the country.

Kenyan health providers call Trump's global gag rule 'a death sentence' for women
Thousands of protesters gathered for the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC.

A Latina explains why she backs the March for Life

A Latina explains why she backs the March for Life
A priest holds up a banner reading "Brazil alive! Without abortion" while standing near an altar where Pope Francis later celebrated mass.

Thanks to Zika, now we know Latin America has the toughest abortion policies in the world

Thanks to Zika, now we know Latin America has the toughest abortion policies in the world
women's rights

Need to know how your state's doing when it comes to women's health? There's an app for that.

Need to know how your state's doing when it comes to women's health? There's an app for that.
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How Filipino moms endure a maternity ward that's like 'a blaring supermarket deli counter'

How Filipino moms endure a maternity ward that's like 'a blaring supermarket deli counter'
Purvi Patel was sentenced March 30, 2015 for feticide and child neglect.

Purvi Patel faces 20 years in prison for feticide and child neglect

Indian American mother Purvi Patel already had become Indiana's first woman convicted of feticide, for what she said was a miscarriage. Now she's been sentenced to 20 years in prison, alarming advocates for immigrants and reproductive rights.

Purvi Patel faces 20 years in prison for feticide and child neglect
A woman holds a birth control pill at her home in Nice, France.

The inside, not-always-ethical story of how 'The Pill' was made

Birth control was a major leap forward for gender equality, but developing the pill wasn't easy at a time when even discussing it was illegal in some states. So Margaret Sanger and the team that created the first birth control pill had to get sneaky to test it out and make sure it was safe.

The inside, not-always-ethical story of how 'The Pill' was made
In Tondo, a Manila slum, poor families live and work in the charcoal fields, where rent is free.

Why contraception might be a way out of poverty for Filipino families

The Philippines has one of the highest birth rates in Asia. But recently, the government passed a law, over the strenuous objections of the Catholic Church, that paved the way for providing free contraception. Reporter Aurora Almendral speaks with one woman, a grandmother at 33, about how free birth control could change the lives of the country's poorest.

Why contraception might be a way out of poverty for Filipino families