2 Republican state senators crossed party lines in the 16-14 vote, with Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs expected to swiftly sign the repeal.

The fight over the Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona is the latest flashpoint on women’s reproductive rights in the US.

Breastfeeding after high-intensity workouts can safeguard a baby’s health and lower the risk of obesity and diabetes in adult life, recent research shows – debunking myths about exercise and a mother’s milk.

In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.

Ozempic ‘oops’ babies are sparking debate about the potential use of weight-loss drugs to improve fertility, especially for women with hormonal disorder PCOS, one of the leading causes of infertility.

Singapore’s food safety watchdog says a product marketed as confectionery with claims of male sexual-enhancement effects contained a potent prescription medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction.

Trump said he favours exceptions for cases of rape, incest and saving life of the mother. Call for national ban could have hurt his chances in states likely to determine November election.

With homelessness, starvation and illness all around, the families fear the future they had hoped for their children is gone.

Hypnotherapy is an effective treatment for hot flushes and other menopause symptoms, says a Hong Kong-based hypnotherapist, who has been working on an app to help women track and navigate menopause.

A recent study shows infertility affects roughly 10-14 per cent of Indian couples, and is more common in cities, where one out of every six couples is seeking help with conceiving.

Scientists have used cells from fluid drawn from pregnant women’s wombs to grow mini lungs and other organs. This could help doctors treat prebirth conditions and develop therapies for unborn babies.

A leading specialist in fertility preservation is devising a means to end menopause, with its physical and mental challenges for women, by removing ovarian tissue, freezing it and reimplanting it later.

Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.

President Emmanuel Macron described the move as ‘French pride’ that had sent a ‘universal message’.

With the city state’s total fertility rate for 2023 projected to hit an all-time low of 0.97, minister Indranee Rajah said ‘we need more Singaporeans’ to maintain dynamism.

Data showed the average number of expected babies for a South Korean woman during her reproductive life fell to 0.72 in 2023 from 0.78 in 2022.

The number of babies born in Japan in 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the country’s population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed on Tuesday.

The ban against Rica Cruz’s show comes after authorities objected to a scene in a separate TV programme involving an LGBTQ couple.

Good sex is good for you, says a Hong Kong sex coach: it boosts physical and mental well-being and can even prevent cancer. Experts explain the orgasm and share how to increase your libido.

The city government estimated that 200 women would be interested in its new fertility subsidy programme. More than 7,000 applied.

Mum allowed her son and daughter to sleep in the same bed often and did not report the assaults to the police, despite knowing about the abuse for at least seven years.

Increased longevity, improved sleep, minimising of arthritis and joint pain, less erectile dysfunction, fewer period pains – a diet of whole plant foods has multiple health benefits you might not expect.

Francis said the life of the unborn child must be protected and not “suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking.”

The pill, YCT-529, is a hormone-free drug, unlike the female pill, and preclinical studies showed it was “99 per cent effective and 100 per cent reversible with no side effects”.

For activists from Mexico’s Catholics for the Right to Decide, prayer does not conflict with their fight for abortion access or support for LGBTQ rights.

The US Supreme Court will decide how available a widely used abortion pill will be, agreeing to hear the Biden administration’s appeal of a ruling that would bar mail-order prescriptions and require in-person doctor visits.

Hundreds of thousands of fetuses have been buried by a woman who has devoted her life to collecting them and maintaining the cemetery where they are laid to rest.