From the founding of this nation through the modern day, women and members of marginalized communities have faced forced sterilization and other reproductive coercion.
A new CDC study found that almost a third of women who could benefit from contraception were not using it.
In a 24-minute statement, Spears said that under conservatorship she was forced to keep an IUD in despite wanting to have another child.
Social anxiety is significantly more common in women. Experts told The 19th how to manage it as many reenter society.
The Supreme Court tossed out a legal challenge that would have dismantled the landmark health reform bill.
Data from the CDC showed teenage girls’ hospitalizations for suspected suicide attempts shot up last year. It’s only one piece of a mental health crisis affecting young people.
Even in cities known for providing transgender services, trans people overwhelmingly report myriad barriers in getting mental health services, experts say.
In a country that typically separates incarcerated people from their newborns, the eight states with prison nurseries seemed groundbreaking. Minnesota introduced an entirely new solution.
Black women face a disproportionate amount of mental health concerns, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic, experts say. Online resources are helping to combat that.
The 19th spoke with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the first Black woman to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about her plans to address racial and gender-based health inequities.