China’s birth rate drops to record low in 2021

In 2021, China’s birth rate was 0.752% versus a death rate of 0.718%

One in every 10 elderly Indian women underwent uterus removal: Survey

The proportion was highest in Punjab and Andhra Pradesh where at least one in five women above 45 had the surgery

US anti-abortion policy spiked unwanted pregnancies in Africa: Study

The Mexico City Policy bans aids to NGOs for performing or promoting abortions as a method of family planning

The emergency contraceptive pill is not debated enough

Urban Indian women rely heavily on the emergency contraceptive pill but the lack of regulations mean they often bear adverse health effects

World @ 8 billion: WHO handbook now covers family planning during epidemics, high-risk HIV

Practical measures detailed to support the continuity of family planning services during emergencies

India continues to export substandard drugs; lack of regulations real problem: WHO

The WHO report suggests that India is a major player in counterfeit pharmaceutical manufacturing as the country is the world’s largest …

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way

There has not been a new form of male birth control since no-scalpel vasectomy in 1980s

Birth control pills have negative effects on aquatic ecosystem, finds study

Synthetic estrogen was found to affect reproductive cycle of fathead minnow