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A Louisiana abortion law could cause doctors to take misopristol, used to treat life-threatening postpartum hemorrhaging, off emergency carts.

RX and Medicine

Deranged Anti-Abortion Law Will Keep Hospitals From Saving Dying Women, Doctors Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have found concentrations of lead, arsenic, and mercury in several different tampon brands — including organic ones.

For Some Reason Nobody’s Ever Tested for Heavy Metals in Tampons Before, and the Results Are Alarming

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the first time, scientists have found microplastics in human penises, highlighting the need to study their potential effects on health.

Microplastics Found in Human Penises

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found microplastics in all 40 semen samples taken from healthy men, highlighting a need to study effects on reproduction.

Scientists Found Microplastics in Every Human Semen Sample They Examined

By Victor Tangermann

The team behind a promising new menopause treatment says they want to empower women to choose when — or even if — they go through menopause.

Scientists Working on Drug to Indefinitely Delay Menopause

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Michigan State University study found that one in five adults in the state weren't planning on ever having children, and had no regrets later.

Study Finds That Childless Couples Feel No Regret as They Age

By Victor Tangermann

The average penis length has increased by almost a quarter — and the scientists who discovered this apparent growth spurt say it might not be a good thing.

Health & Medicine

Dicks Are Getting Longer and Scientists Don’t Know Why

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of bioengineers have created a "vagina on a chip" made from donated vaginal cells to mimic key features of the vaginal microbiome, The New York Times reports.

Scientists Have Created a “Vagina on a Chip”

By Victor Tangermann

Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed in Gulf of Mexico to Circumvent Bans

Floating Abortion Clinic Proposed in Gulf of Mexico to Circumvent Bans

By Noor Al-Sibai

A nightmarish mix of Big Tech overreach meets state authoritarianism resulted in algorithm to predict which low-income "future teens" in his province would be likely to get pregnant.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Created Creepy Algorithm to Predict Which Specific Teens Would Get Pregnant

By Noor Al-Sibai

The topic of women's reproductive rights seems to be of very little concern to Musk, who "would prefer to stay out of politics."

Elon Musk Carefully Says Nothing About Texas Abortion Ban

By Victor Tangermann

Increasing levels of s ynthetic chemicals and plastics found in the environment and inside our bodies could wreak havoc on our reproductive system.

Pollution Is Shrinking Human Penises, Warns Famous Environmentalist

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have managed to keep mice embryos alive inside an artificial womb for as long as day 12, half of the animal's gestation period.

Scientists Grew Mouse Embryos in an Artificial Womb

By Victor Tangermann