The National Center for Electron Beam Research and National Nuclear Security Administration will pilot eBeam in medical ...

THE CONVERSATION via AP — In August 1964, the North Carolina Eugenics Board met to decide if a 20-year-old Black woman should be sterilized. Because her name was redacted from the records, we call her ...

When a government team held a “ligation festival” to register women for sterilization in La Legua, Peru, Celia Durand resisted. The 31-year-old mother of three was appalled at the pressure tactics ...

Last week, 13 women died in India after undergoing sterilization procedures in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, possibly because of tainted pills administered after the surgery. This tragedy ...

(New Delhi) – India should eliminate coercive female sterilization practices as it implements plans for the expanded contraceptive services it announced at an international conference in London, Human ...

Since the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that allowed states to restrict or deny abortion access, permanent birth control options are becoming more popular, according to healthcare providers across ...

Senate Bill 107, also known as the gender-affirming health care bill, was signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 29 and will officially become law Jan. 1, 2023. It does not call for the ...

Ethylene oxide for medical device sterilization remains a controversial topic between regulatory bodies, the environmental protection agency (EPA), and the medtech industry, even more so in 2023 with ...

Women under 30 are sharing information about permanent contraception – including lists of doctors who won’t give them a hard time about getting the procedure Madison Clark did not celebrate when ...

On the morning of May 3, Abby C. burst into tears when she learned that a leaked draft opinion signaled the U.S. Supreme Court would likely overturn Roe vs. Wade. Before getting out of bed, the ...

In 1936, Ann Cooper Hewitt filed a lawsuit against her mother — and with good reason. At the age of 20, her mother Ann had sterilized her against her will. Having succeeded in classifying her as ...