Uneasy BurdenPregnancy Is an Uncomfortable Experience – Why Hasn’t Medical Science Made It Easier? Research has excluded pregnant women from clinical trials -- adding to cultural perceptions around pain and motherhood being natural allies. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
Insensitive and InhumanPregnancy Speculations by Tabloids Aren’t Just Insensitive, They’re Also Sexist Pregnancy speculations, in the age of information, have emerged as yet another tool to police women's bodies. By Devrupa Rakshit
Written in BoneChildbirth Can Permanently Alter Bones, Finds Study The study points to the significant effects of reproduction on female bodies. By Ananya Singh
Turn That Frown Upside DownWhy Body Image Issues of Pregnant Women Are Often Overlooked The idea that pregnancy is the "happiest time in a woman's life," can make women feel ashamed to share that they're struggling. By Devrupa Rakshit
Bias OverruledCan’t Deny Abortion to Unmarried Women, Rules Supreme Court Women -- married and unmarried -- have the right to safe abortions as part of their personal liberty, the court said while overturning a previous ruling. By Saumya Kalia
Celebrating What?How Celeb Weddings and Pregnancies Were Reframed to Keep Women in the Limelight — At a Cost These events, which formerly signaled the approaching shelf life of women celebrities, have now turned into ways to scrutinize them further. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Food Wars‘Battle of the Sexes’ Between Mother’s and Father’s Genes Starts in the Womb, Finds Study The research aims to understand how the fetus, the placenta, and the mother's body communicate with one another. By Devrupa Rakshit
"Out Of The Blue"What It’s Like To Live With: Sudden Paralysis of the Face "I kept thinking about whether I'm ever going to be any degree of social after this -- I just didn't know how I'll ever face people." By Devrupa Rakshit
Not An Informed ChoiceHow the Morning‑After Pill Became the Most‑Used Birth Control for Young Indian Women Misleading advertising, easy over-the-counter access drive emergency contraceptive pill misuse in young heterosexual women. By Devrupa Rakshit
Head In The CloudsAir India Is Being Accused of Discriminating Against Pregnant Pilots "The airline's policies treat pregnancy like a stigma that assumes women pilots are ‘unfit’ to discharge their duties ably." By Devrupa Rakshit
The Morning AfterScientists Develop a Promising Contraceptive That’s Non‑Hormonal in Nature Yet untested on humans, the new method uses antibodies rather than long-term hormonal changes to trap sperm, reducing side effects. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
A Heart ConnectionWomen At Risk of Heart Diseases More Likely to Have a Complicated Pregnancy: Study Issues like hypertension and diabetes increased the likelihood of pre-term births and fetal deaths, among other adverse outcomes. By Devrupa Rakshit
It's EverywhereScientists Detect Microplastics in Placentas of Live Pregnancies for the First Time While the health effects of microplastics aren't yet known, "it is obviously preferable not to have foreign bodies while the baby is developing." By Devrupa Rakshit
False AlarmEverything You Need to Know About Pseudocyesis, or Phantom Pregnancy Phantom pregnancies are common in patriarchal countries like India, where undue importance is given to a person’s ability to reproduce. By Rajvi Desai
Crossed WiresStress, Anxiety, Depression During Pregnancy Can Affect Fetal Brain Development: Study Researchers are calling for more mental health support for pregnant women amid the anxiety of the global pandemic. By Devrupa Rakshit
Young Girls Set FreeIndia’s Teen Pregnancy Numbers Have Dropped Steadily for 20 Years: Report Researchers say interventions that target disadvantaged groups are critical to continued success. By Aditi Murti
Don't Make It WorseThe Most Traumatic Thing About Abortions Is the Judgment Women describe the processes surrounding an abortion as carrying more trauma than the abortion itself. By Rajvi Desai
Choose WiselyWomen With Previous C‑Sections Reported Lower Rates of Conception: Study Scarring of the inside of the uterus, and low-grade infections caught during surgery, could be possible explanations. By Anubhuti Matta