- Ron DeSantis bans Florida’s sex ed classes from mentioning anatomy & contraceptives. All districts are now required to promote abstinence, exclude consent, and remove any pictures of reproductive organs. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/ron-desantis-says-floridas-sex-ed-classes-cant-mention-anatomy-or-contraceptives/ 1499 comments politics
- Masturbation originated about 40 million years ago within the primate order — an ancient trait associated with reproductive success in males, as yet more data on female masturbation required https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvvjx/jacking-off-has-evolutionary-benefits-going-back-40-million-years-study-says 141 comments science
- Ethics in outer space: can we make interplanetary exploration just? - The prospect of settling the Moon, Mars and elsewhere requires urgent conversations about issues such as labour and reproductive rights far from Earth. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01551-7 11 comments futurology
- Ohio House lawmakers passed a bill that would require an aborted fetus to be cremated or buried in latest burden on reproductive rights https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-passes-bill-requiring-aborted-fetus-be-buried-or-cremated-2020-12 87 comments politics
- Scientists managed to sequence an 18-million year-old species that cloned itself, significant to understanding evolutionary genetics. “Runs counter to the widely accepted view: that sexual reproduction is required to eliminate deleterious mutations and for adaptation to a changing environment.” http://www.businessinsider.com/cloned-worm-diploscapter-pachys-18-million-year-old-species-2017-9 4 comments science
- The Staggering Impact Of Texas' Abortion Clinic Closures. A prohibitive law has jacked up travel times and required overnight stays for accessing basic reproductive healthcare. http://www.vocativ.com/news/298362/texas-abortion-clinic-distance/ 26 comments politics
- U.S. Congress Moves to Block Human Embryo Editing: The House of Representatives’ fiscal year 2016 spending bill also would require religious experts to review recommendations for the new reproductive technique http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-congress-moves-to-block-human-embryo-editing/ 7 comments politics
- New legislation would require employers to provide reproductive health information: "not just in a job offer but in any job postings or advertisements" http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/09/new_legislation_would_require.html 4 comments politics
- 95 New Reproductive Rights Restrictions In First Half Of 2012: In April, Wisconsin rolled back its law mandating comprehensive sex education & substituted a measure requiring information about the benefits of abstinence until marriage http://www.care2.com/causes/95-new-reproductive-rights-restrictions-in-first-half-of-2012.html 6 comments politics
- Washington State Bill Would Require Abortion Coverage – The “Reproductive Parity Act" would require private & public insurers that provide maternity coverage to cover abortion services as well http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2012/01/washington-state-bill-would-require-abortion-coverage/ 3 comments politics
- The Nebraska legislature has passed a bill requiring mental illness screenings for women who seek abortion...they can't make it illegal, so now you must RISK being locked up in a padded cell for exercising your legal reproductive rights??????? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/ar2010041202070.html?referrer=reddit 24 comments politics
- Obama Science Czar John Holdren in 1977 Book: people who “contribute to social deterioration” (i.e. undesirables) “can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” (i.e. forced sterilization) http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/ 42 comments science
- ACLU applauds decision by NJ Supreme Court protecting reproductive freedom and free speech: "We know of no common law duty requiring a physician to instruct the woman that the embryo is an 'existing human being,' and suggesting that an abortion is tantamount to murder." http://www.aclu.org/reproductiverights/abortion/31650prs20070912.html 39 comments reddit.com