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A long-term study among women seeking abortion in the U.S. showed that 8% of women sought an abortion because they had abusive partners.

In new guidelines, the American College of Physicians recommends that doctors stop performing routine pelvic exams for most women.

Although contraception is an important preventive health care tool for all women, many women face barriers when trying to access birth control.

The UCSF Bixby Center's partnership with the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) recently joined a global research effort to develop a safe and effective vaccine to prevent HIV.

Unintended pregnancy remains a persistent public health issue in the United States. Increased use of effective contraceptives, like intrauterine devices (IUDs), has the potential to reduce unintended pregnancies.

Since Nepal legalized abortion in 2002, safe abortion services have helped reduce high pregnancy-related complications and deaths.

Publicly funded family planning clinics serve more than seven million women in the United States, meeting 41% of country's need for family planning. But while publicly funded clinics are a key source of care, many states struggle to provide access to high quality reproductive health services in a cost-effective manner.

Half of the 6.6 million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended, with disparities among adolescents and women of color.

The idea that abortion is emotionally traumatic for women has gained traction in recent years, and the notion that the procedure lowers self-esteem has spurred legislation that increasingly restricts abortion access.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Bixby Center's partnership with the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in HIV/AIDS research.