Why You Can Trust Our Bodies Ourselves

We rigorously evaluate, carefully curate, and regularly update all the health and sexuality content.  Our content experts include specialists in medicine, public health, academia, consumer activism, policy, and media, as well as people whose expertise comes from their own lived experience and advocacy.

We are committed to addressing the needs of diverse audiences. Our content integrates the voices and perspectives of women and gender-expansive people from all walks of life. Our leadership council, directors & staff, and content experts are an intentionally diverse group of people across a range of races, sexual orientations, genders, abilities and ages.

We embrace a reproductive justice framework. Our work builds on the fact that all people have, in the words of Sistersong, "the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities." Learn more.

We consider the social, economic, and political factors that shape health and well-being. We note the forces – from the privatized, for-profit medical system to right-wing policies that restrict bodily autonomy – that affect the care you have access to and choices you can make. We know that these policies and systems need to be challenged collectively and connect you with advocacy and activist groups working to do so. 

We don’t accept funding from pharmaceutical, medical device, or private medical insurance companies and the site is ad-free. We are independent of corporate influence and other conflicts of interest, and operate solely on the public’s behalf. Our funding comes from individual donors, grants, and Suffolk University.

We have a long history of creating women’s health and sexuality content. When the founders of Our Bodies Ourselves first met in 1969, it was difficult to find even the most basic information about women’s bodies, sexuality, and health. Today, previously taboo topics like menstruation and menopause are talked about openly and information about bodies, sexuality, and health is readily available. Yet the internet is rife with misinformation and finding trustworthy content is a challenge.

We draw on over 50 years of experience in the global movements for women’s health and reproductive justice. For years, we have collaborated with women’s groups from around the world who have created resources based on “Our Bodies, Ourselves” in more than 30 different languages. Each of these groups works passionately to advance the health and wellbeing of women in their own countries.