Category Reproduction

Heritable Human Genome Editing? It May Never Be Safe
Katie Hasson recounts the recent failures to edit the human genome.

Comprehensive reproductive health services include abortion
Martha Paynter contrasts Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick to describe how abortion should be part of the continuum of a rationally organized health care service delivery system for reproductive health in Atlantic Canada.

Lessons From “Lying-In”
Alana Cattapan reflects on what postpartum confinement can teach us about living through COVID-19.

Abortion is Always Essential Medical Care
Janis Broder and Celeste E. Orr denounce the use of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to make abortion inaccessible.

Reasons for Recommending Early Epidural During COVID-19
Naila Ramji defends the practice of asking women in labour to undergo an early epidural in the context of the current pandemic.