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    How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses

    One drop-off at a time, college students are arming themselves with preventive emergency contraception — which could soon be one of the last legal chances to stop a pregnancy.
    by Erica Hensley

    Co-published with Reckon

     A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick

    As rubbish piles up on a vast dumpsite, the women who sift through it for their livelihood are suffering reproductive health problems that scientists say have been overlooked.
    by Louise Donovan & Moraa Obiria

    Published in partnership with VICE World News and the Nation

    Air pollution is worsening reproductive health outcomes for women

    Even though the evidence is clear, public health experts say that air pollution’s impact on women's health is not getting the attention it needs.

    Co-published with Scroll and Health Policy Watch

    Early puberty cases have surged during covid, doctors say

    Doctors, parents and studies are reporting a rise in such cases, with some children getting their periods as young as 8.

    Co-published with The Washington Post

    ‘We know it’s the work of quack doctors’: Pandemic fans the flames of backstreet abortions in Kenya

    Anecdotal reports suggest teenage pregnancies are soaring in Kenya, resulting in unsafe late-term terminations and abandoned babies.
    by Louise Donovan & Nasibo Kabale

    This piece was published in partnership with the Telegraph, Kenya’s Daily Nation and The Fuller Project.

    Isolated in Rural Nigeria—and Waiting for America to Vote

    KAUGAMA, Nigeria—Saki Samuno hissed at the darkening skies. The women around her wore the same irritated look as they pointed upwards, anticipating a torrential downpour. After months without access to family planning services, 28-year-old Samuno…
    by Shola Lawal and Sophia Jones
    This piece was published in partnership between Foreign Policy and The Fuller Project.

    The Sexual-Health Supply Chain Is Broken

    It took Dimos Sakellaridis about six years to build Kiss condoms into one of Nigeria’s top brands, with approximately 91 million sold in 2019. The prophylactics are available in shops, markets, and kiosks across the country, and…
    by Anna Louie Sussman

    This article was originally published in The Atlantic.

    Is Getting Pregnant “Medically Necessary” Right Now?

    Tens of thousands patients' fertility treatments have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Should IVF treatments be considered essential?
    by Anna Louie Sussman

    This article was originally published in the MIT Technology Review. 

    Wisconsin’s Catholic Hospitals Limit Reproductive Procedures

    In reproductive care, critics argue, Catholic ethics can trump medical best practice and patients can be denied the care they desire or need.
    by Rikha Sharma Rani and Parker Schorr

    This article was originally published in The Washington Post.

    When Catholic Hospitals Merge, Reproductive Services Can Change

    In some cases, changes in hospital ownership broadened access to reproductive services in Wisconsin, in others, it restricted it
    by Parker Schorr and Rikha Sharma Rani

    This article was originally published in Wisconsin Watch. 

    A Test With No Answer: Why Are American Doctors Performing Virginity Tests?

    Across the United States, physicians, gynecologists, and family doctors report being asked to perform, or performing, “virginity tests.”
    by Sophia Jones

    This article was originally published in Marie Claire.

    This Is How Trump’s Abortion Policy Will Curb Life-Saving Health Care

    "Many are going to die," warned one impoverished 17-year-old Kenyan woman who nearly lost her life to a back-alley abortion.
    by Sophia Jones and Neha Wadekar

    This article was originally published in ELLE.

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