Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #reproductionandcontraception, aggregated by home.social.
Push to stop girls having to suffer pelvic pain in silence
By Jostina Basta
Advocates are calling for specialist endometriosis education in NSW public schools to make it less awkward for students and teachers to discuss the condition.
#Endometriosis #WomensHealth #RegionalCommunities #ReproductionandContraception #JostinaBasta
Drug trafficker takes fight to freeze eggs while in prison to High Court
By Talissa Siganto
Rachel Smith, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, requested leave to freeze her eggs while incarcerated.
NSW hospital execs could be barred from blocking abortions on religious grounds
By Lucy Barbour
Hospital managers and executives in NSW will be barred from blocking abortions because of moral and religious views, according to a document obtained by the ABC.
#Abortion #WomensHealth #ReproductionandContraception #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #WomensRights #RegionalCommunities #LucyBarbour
Brisbane women turning to abortion clinics for miscarriage care
By Emma Pollard
Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #Abortion #Religion #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ReproductionandContraception #EmmaPollard
Canberra students access free pads, tampons via more school dispensers
By Tahlia Roy and Ruby Thomas
More than 30 ACT schools will have better access to period products with the expansion of an ACT government pilot program.
#WomensHealth #ReproductionandContraception #Women #PublicSchools #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TahliaRoy #RubyThomas
Pregnancy warning to women taking 'skinny jabs' like Ozempic and Mounjaro
The warning comes after the agency received 40 reports relating to unintended pregnancies while using such weight loss drugs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/uk-medicine-regualtor-mounjaro-warning/105383254
Child involved in Brisbane clinic IVF mix-up is now a toddler
By Jessica Black, Janelle Miles, and Kate McKenna
Monash IVF, which operates nationally, discovered the mistake at a Brisbane clinic in February, after the birth parents asked to transfer their remaining frozen embryos to another provider.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/monash-ivf-brisbane-mix-up-child-now-toddler/105165302
#ReproductiveTechnology #ReproductionandContraception #PregnancyandChildbirth #FertilityandInfertility #JessicaBlack #JanelleMiles # #KateMcKenna
A crucial premature birth test will no longer be available, leaving rural and remote women most at risk
By Lucy Barbour
A widely used test that determines whether women are in premature labour has been discontinued, and doctors say losing access could put further strain on emergency transport services in rural and remote areas.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-27/fetal-fibronectin-premature-birth-test-discontinued/104243008
#PregnancyandChildbirth #WomensHealth #Babies #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Health #EmergencyCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ReproductionandContraception #LucyBarbour
Mother who gave birth on the toilet didn't know she was pregnant
By Bec Pridham
Born to the delight of his parents who believed themselves unable to have children, baby Eli is being cared for in good health.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #Babies #InfantHealth #HumanInterest #MedicalProcedures #Newborns #ReproductionandContraception #WomensHealth #BecPridham
Cancer affected patients entitled to subsidised IVF under new Queensland scheme
By Jay Bowman and Gemma Ferguson
The government has announced a $42.3 million package to publicly fund fertility treatment for Queenslanders who have experienced serious illness.
#ReproductionandContraception #GovernmentandPolitics #Cancer #DiseasesandDisorders #FertilityandInfertility #JayBowman #GemmaFerguson
Olivia Rodrigo pledges tour funds to support reproductive rights before heading to key abortion battleground
By Mawunyo Gbogbo
America's National Network of Abortion Funds has welcomed support from Grammy-winner Olivia Rodrigo, saying supporting abortion funds "has never been more critical".
#ArtsCultureandEntertainment #PopularCulture #MusicArtsandEntertainment #Abortion #ReproductiveTechnology #ReproductionandContraception #PregnancyandChildbirth #Events #MawunyoGbogbo
In South Korea, world's lowest fertility rate plunges again
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, is dramatically declining, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial cost of raising children decide to delay childbirth or to not have babies.
#ReproductionandContraception #FamilyandRelationships #PregnancyandChildbirth #Women #CommunityandSociety #WorldPolitics #WomensHealth
Japan's new births fall to record low, while fewer couples marry
The number of babies born in Japan falls for an eighth straight year to a record new low last year, according to government data and a top official says the country must reverse the trend in the coming years.
#CommunityandSociety #WorldPolitics #FamilyandRelationships #GovernmentandPolitics #Health #ReproductionandContraception #PregnancyandChildbirth #PopulationandDemographics
Japan's new births fall to record low, while fewer couples marry
The number of babies born in Japan falls for an eighth straight year to a record new low last year, according to government data and a top official says the country must reverse the trend in the coming years.
#CommunityandSociety #WorldPolitics #FamilyandRelationships #GovernmentandPolitics #Health #ReproductionandContraception #PregnancyandChildbirth #PopulationandDemographics
'A total disaster': The challenges athletes face when using hormonal contraceptives
By Amanda Shalala
Female athletes are more likely to use some form of hormonal contraceptives, but they don't know much about them or the menstrual cycle and it is affecting their performance and health.
#Sport #Diving #SummerOlympicGames #ParalympicGames #WaterPolo #Athletics #Athletes #Soccer #AustraliaSoccer #AlpineSkiing #WinterSports #Health #WomensHealth #Menstruation #ReproductionandContraception #Contraception #AmandaShalala
Quoting the Bible and 'misrepresenting' Australian guidelines, a US court ruling has caused IVF chaos
By Jade Macmillan
When a hospital patient wandered into a US fertility clinic and destroyed frozen embryos, they caused a chain of events that led to a major court ruling. It's left the IVF sector reeling, and patients in limbo.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-25/ivf-frozen-embryo-alabama-supreme-court-ruling/103501872
#GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #ReproductionandContraception #CourtsandTrials #JadeMacmillan
The next Queensland Premier will be female — but is feminism still a dirty word? For the first time, Queensland has two female leaders vying to be the state's next premier. So how do Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington measure up on the big issues affecting women? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/qld-state-election-where-do-future-premiers-stand-womens-issues/12781338 #ReproductionandContraception #GovernmentandPolitics #LiberalNationalParty #CommunityandSociety #Parliament
'Supply chains will be let down': Pressure ramps up to resolve cross-border issues The Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud is urging states to resolve major issues for residents and workers in rural and regional communities caused by recent border closures. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-14/pressure-ramps-up-to-resolve-cross-border-issues/12555158 #ReproductionandContraception #GovernmentandPolitics #HealthcareFacilities #Federal-StateIssues #VeterinaryMedicine #FarmLabour
Abortion providers charter 'very expensive' private planes to regional Queensland during coronavirus crisis Abortion service providers are left with chartering private flights to regional Queensland, saying infrequent schedules and short-notice cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic make flying commercial untenable. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-02/abortion-providers-take-private-flights-during-coronavirus/12181846 #ReproductionandContraception #InfectiousDiseases(Other) #Health
The long, lonely journey of infertility in the bush Regional folk may be happy to spout volumes about the fertility of their livestock, but find it much harder to talk about their own battles to conceive. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-11/difficult-journey-of-infertility-in-the-bush/12119514 #ReproductionandContraception #FertilityandInfertility #HealthcareFacilities #HealthcareClinic #RuralWomen #Health #Rural
Concern for maternity unit's future as service suspended for fourth month The suspension on birthing services at a remote SA hospital is extended for a second time, prompting fears for its long-term future. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-23/ceduna-maternity-birth-service-suspended-for-fourth-month/11885844 #ReproductionandContraception #PregnancyandChildbirth #HealthcareFacilities #CommunityandSociety #Women'sHealth #HumanInterest #RuralWomen #Regional #Health