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Urinary Incontinence
Fact sheet about urinary incontinence, including causes, symptoms, treatment, and its relationship to reproductive health events.
Charting Your Menstrual Cycle
Charting your menstrual cycle can help you get to know your body and learn what is normal for you.
Physical and Emotional Challenges Through the Menstrual Cycle
The menstrual cycle is governed by hormones that rise and fall in rhythmic patterns.
Abortion: Get Involved
Want to help make abortion accessible and legal for all? Find organizations and groups that are working for abortion access, abortion rights, and…
How to Choose Lubricants and Vaginal Moisturizers for Pleasure and Safety
Women vary in how much lubrication they naturally produce. Using a lubricant or vaginal moisturizer can make sex more enjoyable.
Pesticides and Fertility
Researchers are still determining whether there is a “safe” level of pesticide exposure that doesn’t affect fertility.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
What is polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS? What are its symptoms, how common is it, and how is it treated?
Pregnancy After Infertility or Previous Pregnancy Loss
The previous experience of infertility brings its own set of baggage to a pregnancy, including grief, anxiety, and fear.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe mood disorder that causes sometimes unbearable feelings of anger or irritability.
Prevention and Home Treatments for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
The following tips may help you avoid cystitis and other UTIs and help prevent recurrences.
Pussy Wetness and Discharge
Understanding the different types of vaginal moisture and discharge can help you understand your cycles and health.
Abortion Aftercare & Complications to Watch For
Medical complications after an abortion are rare in the United States, but they do happen. If you have these symptoms, contact your medical provider.
The History of Abortion Law in the United States
Abortions occur whether they are legal or not, but the right to abortion has been both supported and contested over time. This essay traces key state…
Sex Ed in School
SA describes her experience learning about sex and relationships while growing up and in college.
Dealing with the Stigmatization of Sexuality
SA shares how gaps in her sex education curriculum growing up failed to prepare her for sex. She discusses her desire for sex-positive sex education.
Overcoming Challenges During Pregnancy
MB discusses the experience of her last pregnancy during the COVID pandemic and why she wanted to avoid having a C-section.
Nature Does Not Work on Our Time Clock
Kathleen shares her story of struggling with infertility. She discusses coming to terms with the reality that they may not have a child of their own…
Learning the Hard Way that Science Has Not Outsmarted Mother Nature
Miriam shares her story of delaying motherhood untile age 40 and being failed by the reproductive technologies that so many people encouraged her to…