Category: Women’s health

‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada

In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providersWhen the holistic practitioner Emma Cardinal, 32, became pregnant in May 2023, she planned to...

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London mayor reverses TfL ban on ads calling for abortion decriminalisation

Sadiq Khan seeking ‘urgent review’ of decision to ban adverts from British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceThe mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped in to reverse a ban on adverts on the London transport network calling...

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One in four women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey finds

Exclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis More than a quarter of women in England are living with a serious reproductive health issue,...

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Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers

Independent review also calls for ban on other ‘legal, but harmful’ material that is degrading, violent or misogynisticUK politics live – latest updatesPornography depicting strangulation should be made illegal...

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Poor NHS maternity care in danger of becoming normalised, regulator warns

CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in...

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