Girls who get ‘caught in a bad romance’ risk more than just their broken hearts

Jill Filipovic: A study shows that bad relationships cause girls real damage. The lesson? Teach young women to value themselves

FGM: first suspects to be charged appear in court

Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena and Hasan Mohamed face charges brought under Female Genital Mutilation Act (2003)

Women with persistent genital arousal disorder: ‘People hear orgasm and they think it’s a good thing’

Eleanor Margolis: Sufferers of PGAD can feel constantly on the brink of an orgasm. One thing they all share is pain, and distress at the way their condition is covered in the media

Vaginas grown in labs successfully implanted into girls with rare disorder

Scientists hail operations on teenagers with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, which affects vaginal development

Being pregnant felt like being in drag

Kira Cochrane: As a butch lesbian, AK Summers had to cope with the challenge of living in her pregnant – suddenly feminised – body

Drug to prevent excessive bleeding after childbirth could save thousands of lives

Maternal mortality rates in poor countries with hot climates could tumble if trial of resilient new medicine proves successful

Pro-choice activists file fresh challenge to Texas abortion law

Center for Reproductive Rights says restrictive new law will slash abortion facilities available to 1.3m women from 24 to six

The pill liberating? For me it’s stuck in the 60s

Nicola Davis believes the contraceptive implant is the modern and elegant answer to birth control

Don’t spoil the party – my illness is my business

Lauren O'Hara has been seriously ill - she doesn't want you to know with what. Nor does she want to be interrogated by well-meaning acquaintances who whisper "how are you?" and spoil the party

FGM charges against doctor ‘have left medical staff afraid’

Maternal health expert says midwives and obstetricians now fear prosecution if they repair damage after childbirth the wrong way