Countries that have agreed to adhere to international human rights guarantees must not shirk their commitment to reproductive rights. Reproductive rights advocates will be among those who gather to ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and ...

The human rights framework is a powerful and successful tool for advancing a progressive agenda for women’s health and rights across the globe. “This is an issue of human rights, whether women can ...

For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

In 2016, two Japanese reproductive biologists, Katsuhiko Hayashi and Mitinori Saitou, made an announcement in the journal Nature that read like a science-fiction novel. The researchers had taken skin ...

Assisted reproduction can safely help HIV positive men to become fathers without infecting their partners, according to new research from French fertility experts. But, the news is not so good for HIV ...

Women who wait until 35 to start trying for a family were warned today (Thursday 17 June) that if they did not conceive spontaneously they could not depend on assisted reproduction to make up fully ...

These services – such as maternal and newborn care, clinical and psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence, and tailored HIV prevention, treatment, and care - are essential for ...

When the Argentine Senate narrowly rejected a bill to decriminalize abortion in 2018, the country missed a historic opportunity to advance sexual and reproductive rights. Rejection of the reform has ...