The cost of contraception is dwarfed by that of unplanned pregnancy

Sarah Ditum: Don't believe the US hype that contraception is too expensive – it's a long-term cost saving and enables women's economic freedom

Why Obamacare is worth fighting for against Mitt Romney’s repeal threat

Sandra Fluke: Now the supreme court has affirmed the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality, we need to show how this law will save lives

Healthcare reform for sick children: a big step for Florida families

Despite the governor's opposition, Obama's healthcare reform begins to reach middle-class families in Florida

Healthcare reform: I am a cancer survivor in an insurance black hole

Brenda Serrano's pre-existing condition will likely keep her off the insurance rolls if the surpreme court throws out reforms

US healthcare reform cannot be undone, says former Medicare boss

Don Berwick says supreme court cannot turn back the clock on reforms that have already become standard across the US

Doonesbury strip on Texas abortion law dropped by some US newspapers

Several papers decline to use cartoon strip, which depicts state-required sonograms as Republican-approved rape

Virginia’s vagina-violating ultrasound law

Lizz Winstead: Governor McDonnell frets that his ultrasound law violates the US constitution. Let me tell you, Bob, it violates a lot more than that

America’s problem with sex education

Daniel Denvir: Given the comic failure of abstinence-only – 95% of Americans have premarital sex – isn't it time the US got over its hangup?

Are we not, like Anthony Weiner, caught in a web of desire?

Daniel Denvir: The hypocrisy over the New York congressman's shame is epic: the reality of online sexual liaison is that almost everyone's at it