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Emily McGahey, DM, MSN, CNM, FACNM, and clinical director at The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health, stands for a portrait at the center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in the Strip District. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

As the region integrates midwifery into health care, midwives want to expand training, services

by Sophia Levin February 16, 2023April 5, 2023

A Pitt program to train midwives and a desire to help mothers with opioid-use disorder are among key facets of an effort to modernize midwifery.

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

We’re the solution and maybe that’s the problem: How we (don’t) handle crises

by First-person essay by Eli Kurs-Lasky December 16, 2022December 13, 2022

A person in a top with horizontal black and white stripes stands to the left, and a person wearing an orange sweater, black pants and a patterned scarf stands to the right, framing a sign that reads "Vote! For Reproductive Freedom" in Carnegie Mellon University's student health services office.

How Pittsburgh universities are quietly protecting abortion access

by Sophia Levin November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

‘Energy at the polls’ as Pittsburgh-area turnout mounts in pivotal midterm election

by PublicSource November 8, 2022November 9, 2022

Local Government

Election Guide 2022: One issue looms large in PA voting

by Jamie Wiggan, Jordana Rosenfeld and Alice Crow October 26, 2022November 8, 2022

ABORTION ACCESS

4 abortion advocates explain how the Dobbs ruling exacerbates health disparities

by Sophia Levin October 25, 2022April 5, 2023

SELVES NEWSLETTER

By women, for women: The romance genre takes on abortion advocacy

by Sophia Levin September 23, 2022October 5, 2022

a photo illustration with pink background, icon of ohio on left and pennsylvania on right with yellow caution tape down the middle.

ABORTION ACCESS

The Ohio-PA abortion pipeline is fraught with barriers

by Meg St-Esprit and Alex Frost September 2, 2022April 5, 2023

GENDER & IDENTITY

Kelly Davis feels she was destined to be an advocate for reproductive rights

by Emily Sauchelli August 23, 2022September 1, 2022

Photo illustration of a stethoscope and a pink question mark.

GENDER & IDENTITY

‘I don’t understand’ is the question at the core of the abortion debate, says one provider

by Punya Bhasin July 22, 2022September 1, 2022