Stories by Molly M. Ginty
Molly M. Ginty is a freelance writer based in New York.
Increasing numbers of infertile people have been using surrogacy to have children, but a tougher economy is pushing it further out of reach.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008
Controversy over the "abortion pill" has stymied scientists' ability to research its potential to treat breast cancer and other diseases.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
Is inequality making us sick?
Posted on Oct 9, 2007
After the FDA lifted a 14-year ban on silicone breast implants many women are weighing the devices' potential side effects.
Posted on Feb 17, 2007
Across the U.S., female animals exposed to toxic chemicals are suffering from a flurry of health problems, from shrunken ovaries to spontaneous abortions. What does this mean for female humans?
Posted on Dec 20, 2006
More than thirty years later, three people who helped provide abortions before
Roe tell their stories.
Posted on Jan 20, 2006
While the FDA delays over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception, eight states are taking matters into their own hands.
Posted on Nov 10, 2005
With 240 female U.S. soldiers injured and 33 killed so far in Iraq and Afghanistan, some military analysts are calling for a review of U.S. policy on women in combat.
Posted on Mar 22, 2005
Reproductive rights advocates brace themselves for the real possibility that – in the next four years of Bush's presidency – abortion will become illegal again in the United States.
Posted on Nov 9, 2004
With women more likely to support further research on embryonic stem cells, the issue has the potential to widen the gender gap in this election.
Posted on Oct 1, 2004
Herpevac promises to protect female teens from herpes. But experts are wrestling with how to finance and administer a vaccine designed for a sexually transmitted disease.
Posted on Mar 11, 2004