Women and Girls

The women who arrived at Rosalind Cartwright’s sleep laboratory in Chicago in 1978, carrying toothbrushes and pajamas, were in pain....

GUANAJUATO, México — Verónica Cruz pasó años desafiando la ley en México, al ayudar a miles de mujeres a abortar....

In Texas, a new law bars doctors from providing pills to induce abortions after seven weeks of pregnancy, and adds...

This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2021. For other ideas on where to donate this year,...

Varias de las cinco hijas de Abu Abdullah estaban cerca, comiendo elote con mantequilla y papas fritas. Una de ellas,...

It was only an exercise, but the scenario was painfully familiar: A white police officer had just killed an unarmed...

In data released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of all abortions — and...

To the Editor:Re “I Refused to Vote for Trump, but I’m Grateful for His Court Picks,” by Erika Bachiochi (Opinion...

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported...

Q: Why do women sprout chin hairs as they age — and what’s the best way to remove them so...