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Life

Don't restrict women's contraception rights through moral panic

Failures of the contraception app Natural Cycles have been linked to abortions in Sweden. But critics should remember all contraception fails sometimes

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Life

No contraceptive is perfect, but can you trust apps to stop pregnancy?

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Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

Health

Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans

News

Pregnant belly

Health

Women have more miscarriages than live births over their lifetime

News

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

Health

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother's health in pregnancy

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A fetus in the womb

Health

Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia

News

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

Life

Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth

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speculum

Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

Regulars

Sperm cells

Health

A male pill will be a breakthrough for science but not for women

Comment

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

Health

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

Women can now find out whether they are having a boy or a girl using a single drop of blood as soon as they are eight weeks pregnant

News

Health

Infections during pregnancy affect a child's brain function

News

Health

DNA sequencing of babies is here: Should it be available to all?

Comment

Humans

Dad power: The surprising new science of fatherhood

Features

Life

Down's syndrome has become the newest front in the abortion wars

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