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Changes by the FDA mean patients won't have to schedule in-person exams to get a prescription. That opens the door for more pharmacies to provide the medication. But not everyone will have access.

A reassuring new study finds breast cancer patients can take a two-year break from hormone-blocking pills to get pregnant without raising their short-term risk of cancer coming back.

A new report finds that deaths related to childbirth complications-spiked nearly 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year.

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

The coalition in partnership with the University of Florida School of Public Health has set up a quick, five-minute online survey to gauge interest.

As abortion restrictions take effect across the South, cancer doctors are grappling with how to discuss options with pregnant patients who may be forced to choose whether to proceed or forgo lifesaving cancer treatments that can prove toxic for the fetus.

Many patients enroll in government-funded Medicaid health insurance when they become pregnant, because qualifying income levels are higher than for those who aren’t pregnant.

Doctors base gestational age off the first day of a patient's last menstrual period. But ultrasounds can also be used when that date isn't clear.

Experts call the money pouring into reproductive rights groups an example of "rage giving." Pro-choice advocates say their next challenge is building sustained support.

Anita Jimenez remembers what it was like when people had to travel out-of-state to access legal abortions. She shares how that affected her experience getting the procedure as a 15-year-old in New York.