Latest articles on Reproductive Health

“In my heart I scream”: Involve young people in decision-making about their lives

Opinion #OurYouthIndaba - 8 Nov 2020

Laws on access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and age of consent to sexual activity in many countries do not adequately serve the needs of young people and even when they are progressive, they are often not well implemented

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Africa Abdul S Brima - 20 Aug 2020

Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.

Are surrogate and IVF babies ‘essential’ in a pandemic?

Coronavirus Amrita Pande - 22 May 2020

Now is the time to examine how reproductive health in South Africa is riddled by inequities based on race and class

The Arab world’s silent reproductive revolution

Article Agency - 17 Apr 2019

Changing household structures, economic growth and contraceptives prompt dramatic drop in fertility rate, study finds

Want your eggs black or white?

Article Amrita Pande - 1 Feb 2019

The fertility industry and technology are raising difficult questions about race

Theatre company breaks down barriers to communication

Article Advertorial Supplement - 30 Nov 2018

Investing in the Future Youth Development Award. Winner: Drama for Life Theatre Company Project

Are strong-armed tactics by Big Pharma behind the country’s birth control shortage?

Article Pontsho Pilane - 20 Jul 2018

An international drug maker may have intentionally muscled out local competition to win the bulk of a national birth control tender.

Irish citizens prepare to vote on abortion laws

Article Staff Reporter - 24 May 2018

Irish health minister Simon Harris says he has faith that Irish citizens will pass the referendum

Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life

Article Alex Ezeh - 9 May 2018

Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.

Should government health schemes pay for infertility treatment?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 9 May 2018

"Women are blamed for infertility when, in fact, as we know from research, it is quite often on the man’s side.”

Abortion in South Africa: A reporting guide for journalists

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 8 May 2018

Bhekisisa's new manual provides handy information on abortion data in South Africa, how procedures work and what the law says.

13 things that will change the way you look at abortion

Article Laura López González - 1 Mar 2018

Everyone’s got an opinion on it but can we say the same about the facts?

Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections

Article Yogan Pillay - 17 Nov 2017

Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.

No fetus scan, no abortion. Really?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 8 Aug 2017

A draft bill is likely to virtually remove women’s access to safe abortions.

‘It didn’t take long for [the fetus] to come out. There was a human-like form.’

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Feb 2017

Left with little choice, many women turn to illegal abortionists to terminate their pregnancies.

vital information

The Mail & Guardian’s essential coverage of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is free to read for everyone.

If you would like to support us, please consider taking out a subscription.

Press Releases

Special Reports

Latest articles on Reproductive Health

“In my heart I scream”: Involve young people in decision-making about their lives

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Are surrogate and IVF babies ‘essential’ in a pandemic?

The Arab world’s silent reproductive revolution

Want your eggs black or white?

Theatre company breaks down barriers to communication

Are strong-armed tactics by Big Pharma behind the country’s birth control shortage?

Irish citizens prepare to vote on abortion laws

Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life

Should government health schemes pay for infertility treatment?

Abortion in South Africa: A reporting guide for journalists

13 things that will change the way you look at abortion

Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections

No fetus scan, no abortion. Really?

‘It didn’t take long for [the fetus] to come out. There was a human-like form.’

vital information

Latest

Zuma, Zondo play the waiting game

Stern warning against Covid greets Mthembu’s death

Lala ngoxolo Mvelase Jackson Mthembu

Press Releases

ACFTA should help cross-border traders

Changing corporate purpose is set to transform M&A decision-making in South Africa

Senior Programme Officer – Policy sought

Make Every Day Epic with Samsung Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+

Towards a People’s Vaccine Campaign: A call to action

Welcome to the everyday epic: Watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked here

Head of Finance and Operations, Grow Great campaign

Entry into force of economic partnership agreement between SACU member states and Mozambique, and the UK and Northern Ireland