“Tampon Tim,” Stephen Miller sneered , referring to the legislation Governor Tim Walz signed requiring schools to provide free menstrual...

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. The designation dates back to 1988, when President Ronald Reagan first proclaimed...

“There are some situations where the mother may in fact die along with her child. But—and this is the Catholic perspective—you can’t do...

Gen X is dealing with menopause, and women of this generation are looking for new and better solutions to manage the disruptions...

This week I reviewed Period: The Real Story of Menstruation in Science. I am pleased to be able to share a full-text preprint with you,...

With Roe v Wade upended, the balance of power and authority among lawmakers, medical practitioners, and pregnant and birthing people is...

Lara: How did you get interested in researching the history and culture of the pregnancy test? Karen: I’ve been writing about the...

A review of Periods Gone Public and Menstruation Matters When I was researching my first book, The Modern Period: Menstruation in...

History shows that access to good menstrual management can be key to excelling in a modern world... Read the rest at the Washington Post

As a contributor to CNN.com, I gave my perspective as a historian on the Dobbs decision. Abortion, miscarriage and pre-term birth are...

In his draft decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly emphasizes that the Constitution did not...

Sociologist Monica Casper, who has written previously on fetal surgery, has published a new book called Babylost: Racism, Survival, and...

I almost didn’t read The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager. When I saw the premise – a biography of Norma McCorvey, the...

This is a pre-publication draft of a book review appearing in Technology and Culture, v. 63, n. 1, 2022 Most scholars would find the...

I wrote about today's gospel reading in an essay from 2019: "As a historian who has spent a career studying pregnancy and birth, I always...

What does it mean to have a “real choice” about abortion? I am writing this book review as the Supreme Court hears arguments over...

Anyone tempted to make facile arguments about abortion politics, on either side of the aisle, needs to read John Christopoulos’s new...

The Hagley Museum and Archives were a key research source for The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy. Gregory Hagreaves interviewed me about...

In the 1960s conservative Christian leaders like Billy James Hargis and his “Christian Crusade” defined the culture wars over sex...

Last month New Zealand broke new ground with a national policy of "Bereavement Leave" following miscarriage. This is a welcome...