Strong religious beliefs often shape disapproval of abortion – in the abstract. But when young women are actually deciding whether to terminate a pregnancy, faith’s role is more complex.
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Education policies can be highly effective, but not necessarily for everyone in the same way.
Embracing the lower fertility rates we’re seeing could help ease humanity’s impact on the planet.
It would take huge numbers of people submitting bad data to affect the algorithms behind period tracking apps, but even then it would be more harmful than helpful.
Conservatorships significantly restrict people’s ability to make decisions for themselves. Other options can provide support while maintaining respect for autonomy.
Most people don’t intend to be hurtful or insensitive in their conversations with people experiencing infertility — they often just don’t know what to say.
Partners and wider family members often meddle in women’s reproductive choices.
A recent ruling in an Ontario court fails to consider law governing the use of embryos.
How does the two-child policy in China impact women’s equality? Do women have the ability to stop when they no longer want more children?
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Visiting Professor, Health and Social Science, Bournemouth University
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Professor and Chair of Informatics, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
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Assistant professor, Psychology, University of Regina
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Lecturer, Indiana University
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Ph.D student in Health Informatics, Indiana University
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Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, School of Health Sciences, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Heidelberg
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Chair of Economic Policy and Economic Development, Bayreuth University
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Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York