In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman contextualize Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel before bemoaning the recent vote in Congress…
Read more Congress does not come back with a warrantWhen it comes to messaging on abortion and reproductive rights, U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake appears to be holding fast to an infamous alt-right adage: “Flood the zone…
Read more Kari Lake keeps changing her tune on abortionRegular erections could be important for maintaining erectile function, according to a new study on mice published in Science by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. “We discovered that an increased frequency…
Read more Penis fibroblasts crucial for erection, underestimated.Newswise — The average menstruator will use over 11,000 tampons or sanitary pads in their lifetime. Vaginal and vulvar tissue that touch pads and tampons is highly permeable.…
Read more Menstrual products contain endocrine disruptors: tampons, pads, liners.The Supreme Court announced this morning that it would take up a pair of cases concerning access to mifepristone, the first pill in a two-pill regimen commonly used…
Read more What's at stake in the Supreme Court's abortion pill caseTexas’ medical exemption law gets tested: Kate Cox is a 31-year-old mother of two who is 20 weeks pregnant with her third child and seeking an abortion. The…
Read more Texas’ abortion law testNewswise — Mammals usually mate via penetrative sex, but researchers report November 20 in the journal Current Biology that a species of bat, the serotine bat, (Eptesicus serotinus) mates without…
Read more These bats use their penis as an “arm” during sex but not for penetrationVoters show up for abortion rights: Yesterday, voters across the country made clear that they oppose Republican-backed abortion restrictions. Andy Beshear, Kentucky’s Democratic incumbent, won his reelection bid…
Read more Abortion’s big nightNewswise — Researchers are studying the dramatic physical transformation that some insects undergo to give birth to live young. This includes suppressing their immune systems to accommodate babies,…
Read more What similarities exist between new moms and roaches?Newswise — SAN DIEGO, October 1, 2023 — People who engage in sexual activity or vaginal dilation after chemoradiation treatment for cervical cancer are at lower risk for…
Read more Sexual activity and vaginal dilation associated with fewer side effects after cervical cancer treatmentA first-of-its-kind study led by Jun Wu, PhD, professor of environmental and occupational health at UCIrvine Program in Public Health, found that exposure to extreme heat had an…
Read more Exposure to extreme heat associated with adverse health outcomes for pregnant womenThis Thursday, the United States Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at colleges and universities around the nation, declaring that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University…
Read more Find the latest expert commentary on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions hereNewswise — Patients seeking medication abortion care through telehealth services are just as satisfied, if not more so, with the service they received as patients who visited a clinical facility…
Read more Patients favor telehealth for medication abortion consultsTitle 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three…
Read more Immigration experts on Title 42, analysis of immigration policies, and other migrant news in the Immigration ChannelNewswise — [KAMPALA] Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn.…
Read more Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill Imperils HIV FightAbout The Study: This case control study found that for female individuals, the loss of abortion rights was associated with a 10% increase in prevalence of mental distress relative…
Read more Mental distress among female individuals of reproductive age after overturning of Roe v Wade“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” -Walter Cronkite According to the Pew Research Center, more than eight-in-ten U.S. adults (86%) say…
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