Category: NPR

The Indiana doctor who provided an abortion for a 10-year-old girl last month is fighting back against suggestions that she made up the story and failed to file appropriate paperwork.

Manchin’s vote is key in the evenly divided Senate, and he already rejected President Joe Biden’s larger spending package in December.

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it much easier to get support if you’re in crisis or helping someone who is. Here’s how it works and what could stand in its way.

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

Pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for medications used for abortion could be violating civil rights law. The meds are also used to treat miscarriages, arthritis and ulcers.

Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, whether a health plan paid for abortion varied widely. Now it’s become even more complex, with conflicts and court challenges on the horizon.

Some who are struggling to conceive worry that the battle over abortion could put fertility treatments like IVF in jeopardy. The argument that life begins at conception could restrict such processes.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Gay Men’s Health Crisis Vice President Jason Ciananciotto about monkeypox, which is generally spread by direct, close contact with an infected individual.

Scott Simon speaks to reporter Dianne Solis of the Dallas Morning News about the recent increase in Americans seeking abortion medication in Mexico.

Dubbed the “train of hope,” the Phelophepa has brought health care to millions of South Africans. But it’s facing an unprecedented spree of theft and vandalism on the country’s railways.