Selena Gomez just shared something very personal about her fertility—she cannot carry her own children. But that doesn’t mean motherhood is out of the question for her. Since it became clear that Gomez and boyfriend Benny Blanco are very serious about their relationship, people have started to wonder if children are in the couple’s future. … Read more
Women’s pain has long been discounted by medical professionals. In fact, research shows that doctors take women’s pain less seriously when compared to men. This will be no surprise, of course, to any woman who’s had debilitating period cramps, pregnancy pains or undergone any kind of outpatient procedure, including one in particular that has garnered … Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eileen Diamond was going over patient intake forms in her small office next to the waiting room at the abortion clinic she oversees in South Florida. “This patient said not to discuss the cost of the procedure when her boyfriend is in the room,” she told a fellow staff member. Diamond … Read more
Donald Trump has been working hard to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a blueprint for a second Trump administration that would radically reshape the federal government and American life. Among other proposals, such as dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, the plan outlines how the government could keep detailed records on abortions … Read more
Sen. JD Vance, the Ohio Republican who was named this month as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, has come under fire ― and become a meme ― for disparaging people who don’t have children as “childless cat ladies” in 2021. But the 39-year-old senator has a years-long documented history of describing people without children … Read more
Democrat Tim Walz has slammed Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) over his record on reproductive rights issues, with the Minnesota governor sharing a personal message about his family’s use of in vitro fertilization. During a Thursday appearance on MSNBC’s “Inside With Jen Psaki,” Walz recognized that it was World IVF Day before saying that he and … Read more
“Abortion” was something of a dirty word at this year’s Republican National Convention, despite it being one of the biggest issues of the 2024 election and something the GOP has long fought to restrict. None of the convention’s speakers made it a central point of their speeches. Compare that to the 2020 RNC, when the … Read more
The Kansas City Chiefs have shared how the team plans to honor Krystal Anderson, a longtime Chiefs Cheerleader who died after giving birth in March. On Tuesday, the NFL team stated on its website that it will pay tribute to Anderson in the upcoming season by having every member of the cheerleading squad wear a … Read more
I was curled up on my couch. My face twisted in a grimace. One hand rested on my lower abdomen, acting as a makeshift heating pad to soothe the unending purple nurple assaulting my uterus. Claire, this has to stop. I felt alone and scared. That feeling started when my gynecologist, Elizabeth, called four days … Read more
Amanda Zurawski made national news because she experienced every pregnant person’s nightmare. In 2022, the Texas native was told her pregnancy was nonviable at 17 weeks. But because her fetus still had cardiac activity, doctors refused to provide an abortion, fearing criminal and civil punishment under the state’s near-total abortion ban. After days of waiting … Read more
