Reproductive Rights

Survivors speak out as a landmark birthing survey reveals the scale of obstetric violence, with lasting physical and psychological consequences

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand have gathered data from the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto to better understand why so many women turn to…

If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened everywhere

Hormone replacement therapy got a bad rap but, with good medical advice, it can have benefits beyond dealing with menopause’s unpleasant symptoms

Failures in infrastructure, maintenance and governance are contributing to maternal and neonatal deaths in the province

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

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

The fertility industry and technology are raising difficult questions about race

We teamed up with readers and translators to create some of the first graphics ever on abortion in all South Africa’s official languages.

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

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

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

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

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

Abortion has been legal for more than 20 years in SA but many people still don’t know when or where they can get safe terminations. These can help.