From Planned Parenthood: The fears of millions were realized today, as the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal constitutional protection of...

The use of birth control and abortion have a long history, and a long history of being contentious. The idea that pregnancies can be preven...

From  Authint Mail : An elderly Colombian woman has been found to have a 40-year-old fetus inside her abdomen.   Such a medical event ...

From io9 : From the ancient times until the 1800s, many women gave birth with the aid of parturition chairs, specially designed seats tha...

From Science Blogs : It’s estimated that  up to 3.5 million women currently suffer from fistulas   , with somewhere from 50,000 to 130,00...

From the Wellcome Library : In November 1726, a woman named Mary Toft was at the center of a public debate that included some eminent phy...

From Toronto News : For 100 years, Humewood House has been a refuge for vulnerable young unwed mothers, who have stood on its doorstep, suit...

From i09 : Nowadays, finding out if you're pregnant is relatively easy — but it wasn't always that way. Over the centuries, people h...

Disturbing article from the Telegraph : Britain's largest abortion provider said it is introducing reminders because some girls and wome...

From the Herald Tribune : New data show that encouraging Chinese women to give birth in the hospital has contributed to a sharp drop in infa...

From the Courier Mail : WOMEN of child-bearing age are in the firing line as struggling small businesses baulk at the cost of implementing t...

The article below was written by Matt Phillips and submitted to Women of History.  Issues concerning fertility and childbirth are importan...

From News.com.au : The Federal Government last year released its National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010-2015, but there has been little action...

From the Times of India : India accounts for a quarter of all maternal deaths globally. Over 70,000 women die in India every year due to com...

From Reuters : A Malaysian state is to allow Muslim girls under the age of consent of 16 years to wed in a bid to stem unwed pregnancies, an...

From Time : The question is as horrifying as it is important to ask: Why are a rising number of French women killing their newborn babies? F...

From the Times Online : According to human rights groups, tens of thousands of young women like Zavidova have been sterilised without their ...

From CNN News : Women are being forced into backstreet abortions in Kenya because of the country's restrictive abortion law, a study say...

From VOA News : Couples in Turkey unable to conceive naturally face possible jail if they go abroad for artificial insemination treatment. T...

From the Straits Times : BIRTHS by Caesarean section in the United States reached an all-time high in 2007 when some 1.4 million babies, or ...