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‘The day I was reduced to a Black birthing body.’ A doctor reflects on pregnancy

I never would have predicted that becoming a mother would make me a better doctor. Like most Black women I know, I vividly remember every painstaking detail of my pregnancy and birth experience.

Women's Soccer World Cup Could Be Held Every Two Years, FIFA President Says

Gianni Infantino says the organization should be creative and not just copy what the men's World Cup is doing. The contest is now held every four years.

Seattle Protests for Civil Rights

Reports of bizarre menstrual cycles emerge after tear gas exposure from Seattle protests

Amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations in Seattle, protesters, journalists, and even people blocks from the action have reported abnormal menstrual cycles after being exposed to tear gas.

Mexican Women Stay Home To Protest Femicides In 'A Day Without Us'

Women across Mexico skipped school, work and social activities Monday to demonstrate against the staggering levels of violence women face in the country. About 10 women are killed in Mexico each day.

Power Of The Past: Retelling Utah's Suffragette History To Empower Modern Women

Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.

Author Susan Straight Takes Us 'In The Country Of Women'

In her new memoir, Straight tells the story of the women in her family—her Swiss-German blood relatives and her African American, Indigenous and Creole in-laws who crossed the U.S. to settle in Calif.