Reproductive Health

Following the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the department’s plans for enabling access to reproductive health care at a press conference.

Pregnant patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrate a higher risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm delivery, than those with lupus and healthy controls, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law limiting abortion access in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case on Friday, overturning the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

Much of the attention being paid to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case focuses on abortion. However, the Supreme Court’s decision may influence access to assisted reproductive technology as well.

Implementing fallopian tube recanalization — an interventional radiology procedure — after selective salpingography may enable infertile women to conceive without undergoing more invasive treatments, according to researchers.

The news that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade sent a shockwave through all corners of the United States.

The ASRM recently announced a list of researchers who will receive funding from the ASRM Research Institute in 2022.

The AMA announced its support of making oral contraceptives more accessible to patients of all ages and urged the FDA to make them available over the counter.

ATLANTA — Women with obesity have fewer ovarian follicles that remained static for longer and regressed more slowly compared with those found in women with normal weight, according to findings presented at ENDO 2022.

Government intrusion into medicine that hinders access to safe, evidence-based reproductive health services — such as abortion and contraception — is a violation of human rights, according to the AMA.