A doctor on why late abortion should remain legal
Amid signs that ministers are keen to reopen the debate, Frances Marks writes about the terrible consequences of illegal terminations that she saw in the 60s – and why the law must not be changed
LA County’s Measure B is a major win for safe sex in adult entertainment
Gail Dines: The failure to block the pro-condom ballot, for all their political leverage and wealthy donors, is a knock for Big Porn's exploiters
In Africa, we must do the most good with each pound spent on Aids-HIV
Bjørn Lomborg: With donor money to fight HIV and Aids falling, spending in sub-Saharan Africa must be targeted to get the best results
Female genital mutilation: asylum seeker fights deportation to the Gambia
Female genital mutilation is illegal in the UK, but an asylum seeker fears it will be forced on her daughter if they are deported
Gareth Henry: ‘I saw my friends killed … There’s no safe place in this country’
Ex-leader of Jamaican gay and lesbian group J-Flag explains why police death threats forced him to seek asylum in Canada
Spirituality is not just another health tonic
Mark Vernon: The effect of religious practices on our wellbeing is of growing interest. But in looking at the links, we must not confuse the two
Young blood can reverse some effects of ageing, study finds
Blood from young mice improved learning and memory in older mice, and increased connections between their brain cells
Bodyform’s bloodless snark attack
Arwa Mahdawi: The sanitary pad brand's response to a Facebook comment is funny, but it remains within the conventions it's satirising
Kat Banyard: ‘We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over’
Britain's leading young feminist talks about the global exploitation of pornography, women's right to an abortion, and the mass lobby of parliament she is leading
Germany to introduce circumcision law
Move to appease Jewish and Muslim communities comes after a German court ruled circumcision was tantamount to bodily harm