July 1, 2024
(Today) – New parents have tons of things to worry about: diapers, feeding, sleep schedules and maintaining their sanity to name a few. Same-sex couples, however, have an additional concern to add to their newborn checklist: legally confirming parental rights. … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – The Biden administration said this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgery for minors, the most explicit statement to date on the subject from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White … Read More
June 28, 2024
(Slate) – In the 1970s, a dangerous device hit the market. Today, millions of women use IUDs safely—but to many, they remain as mysterious as ever. There are decades’ worth of rigorous studies that validate the safety and efficacy of … Read More
June 26, 2024
(New York Times) – Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over political fallout. Email excerpts from members of … Read More
June 25, 2024
(Australia Broadcasting Corp.) – “People need to know … this is the company you’re getting into bed with. One in every 18 births in Australia is now a result of IVF. It’s a multi-million-dollar industry creating ‘miracle babies’. But when … Read More
June 24, 2024
(ABC News) – In the wake of Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows. The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest research to find higher infant … Read More
June 24, 2024
(Axios) – America has become much more aware of the health risks facing new mothers, but the health care system is still trying to catch up. Why it matters: More than half of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States occur up to one … Read More
June 24, 2024
(Axios) – Texas doctors don’t need to wait until a pregnant person is at risk of death to provide them an abortion, per new guidance from the Texas Medical Board. Why it matters: Texas law prohibits performing an abortion, offering exemptions … Read More
June 24, 2024
(ABC News) – Monday marks two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion and allowing states to decide whether to restrict access to the procedure or not. As of Friday, 14 … Read More
June 24, 2024
(Australia Broadcasting Corp) – Things began to change after Katherine’s mother died from cancer in 2009 and she started researching whether she had any half-siblings from the same donor. What she found was a shock. Katherine has since discovered she’s … Read More
June 24, 2024
(New York Times) – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider a Tennessee law that bans certain medical treatments for transgender minors, the first time the justices will decide on the constitutionality of such statewide bans. The move could … Read More
June 20, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A resolution affirms the moral goodness of new life, but not of all means to achieve it. The Southern Baptist Convention—whose nearly 13 million members make it the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.—is often described … Read More
June 18, 2024
(The Atlantic) – The Cesarean delivery can save lives in labor emergencies, and it’s overwhelmingly safe—but in the United States, nearly one in every three births now results in a C-section, including for low-risk patients who don’t need them. For many of … Read More
June 17, 2024
(The Hill) – More than 170,000 people have traveled out of state to receive abortion care since January of last year, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute, a figure underlined by the increasing difficulty to access care in some … Read More
June 17, 2024
(New York Times) – Dr. Walker, 39, first publicly opposed in vitro fertilization five years ago, co-writing an article titled “Breaking Evangelicalism’s Silence on IVF” for the website of the evangelical organization the Gospel Coalition, which ran a companion essay by a … Read More
June 13, 2024
(Associated Press) – The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. … Read More
June 12, 2024
(New York Times) – Southern Baptists, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted on Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. The vote was an indication that ordinary evangelicals are increasingly open to arguments that equate embryos with human … Read More
June 7, 2024
(STAT News) – Federal officials, medical organizations, and reproductive health advocacy groups have expressed outrage in response to STAT’s recent investigation revealing that women with sickle cell disease have felt pressured into sterilizations as recently as 2017 and 2022. (Read … Read More
June 7, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Deciding what to do with the leftovers can be surprisingly emotional and morally thorny; even those who are not religious or who support reproductive autonomy might still feel a sense of responsibility for their embryos. So some … Read More
June 7, 2024
(Virginia Public Media) – During the most recent legislative session in 13 states (including Iowa), lawmakers introduced bills that could give some of the same rights to embryos and fetuses that generally protect a person, according to an analysis by … Read More
June 7, 2024
(Harvard Medical School) – Three out of four adults in the U.S. support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child’s likelihood of developing certain health conditions influenced by multiple genes — such as diabetes, heart disease, and depression … Read More
June 5, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic measure that would protect access to contraception nationwide, in a vote designed to show the contrast between the two parties on women’s reproductive choices headed into the fall election. The bill, which … Read More
June 5, 2024
(Associated Press) — When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. … Read More
May 31, 2024
May 29, 2024
(STAT News) – Menstruation is a critical indicator of health. Whether and when someone with a uterus gets their period — for the first time, and throughout their life — can reflect not only their reproductive health, but their risk … Read More
