Reproduction

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

How does it feel to be the biological parent of your sister's child or the aunt of the children you birthed? Americans are finding out.

An analysis of modern DNA uncovers a rough dating scene after the advent of agriculture.

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.

When the expert opinions of doctors, government regulations, insurance limitations, and patient desires collide, who gets to decide the if, when, and how of fertility care?

It's time to stop focusing on population growth as the cause of our environmental problems. It’s not the main culprit, and the women of the world are already doing all they can to slow it. They just need more support.

As a way to politicize the issue, most media coverage of birth-control methods is focused on the potential complications of use, but far more women experience positive benefits, including cancer prevention and menstrual regulation.

Imagine a prenatal test that, like the one for trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome), could show a predisposition to gayness.

New research suggests that lowering the hurdles to publicly-funded female sterilization could do both of those things.

Public shaming and blaming campaigns are taking on deeply trans-phobic narratives, intentionally or not.

We all know scrotal testicles evolved to keep sperm cooler than the rest of the body, but evolutionary psychology's activation hypothesis explains so much more.