women's health

After less than two years at the helm, Boyd’s last day will be March 28." The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah will launch a national search for a new leader “at this time of great adversity.”

The lawsuit had argued that emergency-room doctors treating pregnant women had to provide terminations if needed to save their lives or to avoid serious health consequences in Idaho, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.

Utah’s incidents of domestic violence are below the national rates, but advocates say any amount of abuse is too much.

Thanks to a constitutional right Republicans fought for in the wake of the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act, abortion remains legal in Wyoming. Voters also recently protected access to abortion in Montana, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

A new research paper from Utah State University and BYU found that religiosity can improve body image, but it can also be detrimental. Here’s why.

The 4-1 decision determined Utah's Planned Parenthood had standing in the case and that a lower court did not abuse its discretion when it blocked the state's "trigger law" in 2022.

The leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States — including suicides and fatalities linked to substance use disorders — stem from mental health conditions. Now a federal task force has recommended strategies to help women who are at risk during or after pregnancy.

Arkansas and Tennessee filed the lawsuit in federal court April 25, calling the new rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law.

According to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, there were just five reported abortions in the state in 2023. A sharp decline from previous years, that number does not appear to reflect the reality of abortion access in the state since strict abortion bans went into effect.

Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing. They're hoping to detect serious problems while they still have time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy.

Substance use kills more new mothers in Utah than any other cause. A federal grant will create a new research center aimed at turning that trend around.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is celebrating its bigger and better Ogden facility.