Women have used internal barriers in an attempt to prevent pregnancies as far back as ancient Egypt. However, they only became widely known and used after World War I, when they became available ...

In The Irish Times library, I remember looking for cuttings about contraception to find they were filed under ‘Crimes sexual’ - which was the stark truth at the time ...

At the time of her Supreme Court case in 1973, it was not illegal to use contraceptives, but it was illegal to sell, offer, advertise or import them ...

Mary ‘May’ McGee, whose 1973 Supreme Court case taken alongside her husband Seamus ‘Shay’ and which effectively overturned a ...

A woman who almost died after using a tampon has revealed the terrifying reason she lost her legs. Lauren Wasser, a runway model who has featured in Vogue, experienced something no woman should even ...

Gynaecologists say the technology means an extra 144 endometriosis patients will receive treatment every year. | ITV News ...

Mary ‘May’ McGee, who has died at the age of 81 after a short illness, made legal and social history in Ireland when she and her husband Shay won a ­Supreme Court case against the State’s ban on ...

Her nephew writes a tribute to the incredible woman who fought the state on contraception ban — so she wouldn’t die by ...

A new study has revealed that up to 18 per cent of UTIs may be linked to bacteria traced back to contaminated meat and poor ...

Introduction Despite the high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) globally and the negative impact of IPV and ...

Scientists replace costly membranes with durable diaphragms that turn waste carbon into energy-rich compounds.

In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ended the federal ...