Gender/Sexuality

What Patricia Wants
NOW's president celebrates the organization's 30th anniversary.
Interviewed By Richard Blow
September/October 1996 Issue

In Her Hands: A Special Report
Listening to the world's women.
September/October 1995 Issue

Women's Work
Women delegates, dressed in dazzling saris, sarongs, and boubous, have gained new authority in global population debates. But will the talk bring needed changes to women back at home?

Nine Lives Portraits of women from around the world
September/October 1995 Issue

What It Will Take
Simple birth control was once touted as the key to population control. Now the emphasis is on improving women's lives. But all efforts must be as complex as the cultures they address.
By Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Gretchen C. Daily
September/October 1995 Issue

Just as Fierce
In a provocative essay, feminist and author Katherine Dunn rejects the assumption that women are inherently less aggressive than men.
By Katherine Dunn
November/December 1994 Issue

Interview: Gloria Feldt The new president of Planned Parenthood misses the old Hillary Clinton and says "thanks" to Newt Gingrich, but "thanks for nothing" to the Democratic leadership.
Interviewed By Evan Smith
March/April 1997 Issue

Abortion's Risk
Pro-choice groups should not fall into the trap of defending abortion as absolutely safe -- it may not be.
By Michael Castleman
March/April 1995 Issue

The Choices
Methotrexate may be a new alternative to surgical abortion. I was the second person to try it.
By D. Redman
January/February 1994 Issue

An Alternative to RU486?
By Kim Hecht
January/February 1994 Issue

Both Sides From The Inside
Go to church, get busted, then cross over to help devend a clinic--it's all in a day's work for our reporter as he covers the violent war over abortion.
By Bill Dedman
November/December 1993 Issue

Defend the Moral High Ground
The national debate over abortion is not, in fact, a clash of absolutes.
By Kathleen Quinn
November/December 1993 Issue

Still Ticking ...
The Vatican's dark marriage to Islam has kept birth control off the international agenda. Meanwhile, the population bomb is still ticking.
By Mark Hertsgaard
March/April 1993 Issue

A More Civil Union
Vermont's legal recognition of same-sex couples has brought the latest struggle for gay rights out of the closet -- and onto the stage of national politics.
By David Goodman
July/August 2000 Issue

Christian Science?
Siding with an antiabortion doctor, the FDA rejects easy access to a morning-after pill.
By Chris Mooney
September/October 2004 Issue

The Way It Was
The Beatles ruled. The mini was in. I was seventeen and pregnant. What happened next is what could happen again.
By Eleanor Cooney
September/October 2004 Issue

End of the Road
In the twilight of his career, one of the oldest living late-term abortion doctors tells all.
By Rebecca Paley
September/October 2003 Issue

The Fetal Position
Federal and state dollars are subsidizing a boom in antiabortion 'crisis pregnancy centers.'
By Ziba Kashef
January/February 2003 Issue

Antiabortion Ambush
Is putting photos of abortion-clinic patients on the Web an invasion of privacy? Or protected free speech?
By Sarah Schmidt
May/June 2002 Issue

The Quiet War on Abortion
After decades of noisy protests and violence, anti-abortion activists are relying on a new 'stealth strategy' to shut down clinics.
By Barry Yeoman
September/October 2001 Issue

The Abortion Pill's Grim Progress
Anti-abortion protesters, gun-shy drug companies, and timid politicians have stymied RU 486 for a decade. This year, all that may change.
By Laura Fraser
January/February 1999 Issue

Fetal Positions
In the debate over cloning, it's still pro-choice vs. pro-life. It shouldn't be.
By William Saletan
May/June 1998 Issue

Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood
The new president of Planned Parenthood misses the old Hillary Clinton and says "thanks" to Newt Gingrich, but "thanks for nothing" to the Democratic leadership.
Interviewed By Evan Smith
March/April 1997 Issue

Abortion's Risk
Pro-choice groups should not fall into the trap of defending abortion as absolutely safe -- it may not be.
By Michael Castleman
March/April 1995 Issue

The Choices
Methotrexate may be a new alternative to surgical abortion. I was the second person to try it.
By D. Redman
January/February 1994 Issue

An Alternative to RU486?
By Kim Hecht
January/February 1994 Issue

Both Sides From The Inside
Go to church, get busted, then cross over to help devend a clinic--it's all in a day's work for our reporter as he covers the violent war over abortion.
By Bill Dedman
November/December 1993 Issue

Defend the Moral High Ground
The national debate over abortion is not, in fact, a clash of absolutes.
By Kathleen Quinn
November/December 1993 Issue

Still Ticking ...
The Vatican's dark marriage to Islam has kept birth control off the international agenda. Meanwhile, the population bomb is still ticking.
By Mark Hertsgaard
March/April 1993 Issue