women's health

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

The Big Issue has been investigating crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, which have been known to misinform women around abortion. Taxpayer money has gone towards funding some of them

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
Abortion

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain

Many faith-based crisis pregnancy centres are believed to offer an ‘ethical’ service, but there are some which have been found to be ‘misleading’ women. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell which as centres may ‘hide their ideological aims’

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?

More than 100 women are believed to have been arrested on suspicion of illegal abortion over the last five years in England and Wales, but a new law will offer greater protections. The Big Issue asks experts if rights could still be under threat

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
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Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

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Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk
Abortion

Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
Abortion

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them

Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
Homelessness

Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products

‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’
Health

‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’

Letters: The poll tax riots worked. It’s time to re-harness the power of protest
Letters

Letters: The poll tax riots worked. It’s time to re-harness the power of protest

Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century
Letters

Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century

‘This Victorian-era law isn’t fit for purpose’: Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?
Abortion

‘This Victorian-era law isn’t fit for purpose’: Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?

A mother felt ‘stripped of humanity’ when her baby was taken away. There was ‘no support’ from public services
Inequality

A mother felt ‘stripped of humanity’ when her baby was taken away. There was ‘no support’ from public services

How to make your workplace menopause friendly
Work better

How to make your workplace menopause friendly

Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told
Equal rights

Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told

Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother
Activism

Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother

Abortion is not fully legal in the UK, despite what we may think. That needs to change.
Hannah Barham-Brown

Abortion is not fully legal in the UK, despite what we may think. That needs to change.

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
Menstruation

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career

4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags
International Women's Day

4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags

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Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
Books

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood

Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry
Books

Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry