This video highlights the historical dangers of pregnancy and childbirth for women, noting that in medieval Europe, 1 in 3 women died during their childbearing years, and 1 in 4 children did not ...

1550 B.C. An Egyptian manuscript called the Ebers Papyrus directs women on how to mix dates, acacia and honey into a paste, smear it over wool and use it as a pessary to prevent conception 1700s ...

This work tells the story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. It details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Anyone can have an unplanned pregnancy. In fact, it happens to about 1 in every 2 women who get pregnant. But those rates are higher for Black women, and they’re less likely to use regular birth ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The tug and pull between people’s desire for family planning information, and efforts to suppress it, is part of the rich history of contraception and abortion. Now, women’s rights ...

INDIANAPOLIS — What do honey leaves, fish bladders, and rubber condoms have in common? All have been used as contraceptives at some point. Since the start of recorded history, humans have found ...

If you have ever wondered about why many of us are born in a hospital, where all the midwives have gone, how Lamaze came about and the seemingly increased numbers of Cesarean births, then this is the ...