Editorial: Japan's ban on women's sterilization surgery ignores right to self-determination

Is Japan unjustly restricting the options available to women who do not want to have children?The Tokyo District Court has ...

A practical guide to caesarian or c-section births

Like all aspects of childbirth, it’s common to have lots of questions about having a caesarean birth, says Louise Perkins, ...

Kin protest as woman dies after birth control surgery in Tamil Nadu

CUDDALORE: A woman from Vellachiruppam village near Chidambaram, died on Sunday after undergoing family planning surgery. Her ...

The natural birth movement empowers many women but pressure can also work the other way

Women report experiencing pressure to birth naturally. This is often overlooked, but can be just as harmful as pressure to ...