Female health
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OpinionHow a young ovarian cancer survivor lives without fearPrimary school teacher Laura Moss opens up to Marie Claire about her ovarian cancer experience
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Female healthWomen over 40 now have a higher fertility rate than ever beforeMums are getting older as more women over 40 fall pregnant
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Female healthDoes period-proof underwear actually work?Our digital features editor gives them a try (and answers all the questions you probably have)
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Female healthHow your phone radiation is affecting you (and how you can decrease it by 70%)Scary stuff...
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Female healthHow accurate are fertility calculators? Here's everything you need to knowTrying for a baby and thinking of using a fertility calculator? Here's what you need to know
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ReportAll the countries in the world where abortion is illegalAs women worldwide face the greatest threat to our reproductive rights for 40 years, we look at the countries where abortion is already illegal
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Female healthHow it feels to become a mum when you’ve had five miscarriagesWriter Anna Whitehouse has a three-year-old daughter, Mae. She had three miscarriages before her daughter was born, and has experienced two while trying for a second child
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Female healthJools Oliver just opened up about her miscarriageAnd it’s heartbreaking.
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ReportThe sex ed heroes taking on TrumpAs Donald Trump signs away the reproductive rights of women worldwide, these global sex education champions are taking matters into their own hands
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ReportThese women have had enough of Ireland's abortion banWe meet a group of Irish women determined to bring about change
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ReportThis is what it’s like to live in a village without contraceptionWhen your social status is determined by the number of children you have, how do you convince someone to take the pill? Corinne Redfern travelled to So Ava, Benin, to find out…
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ReportHere's what you can do this Christmas to campaign for free, safe and legal abortion in IrelandAs 11 women every day travel from Ireland to Great Britain for safe abortion treatment, a powerful new campaign highlights their journey
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Female healthOrgasmic birthing: What is it (and how on earth do you do it)?Birthing's best-kept secret?
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ReportI'm 22 and HIV positive - but determined to live my life to the fullA 22-year-old mother of three speaks about living with HIV in South Africa, where 6.8 million people are HIV positive - more than anywhere else in the world.
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OpinionSo what's it really like to be a regular 18-year-old girl... And HIV positiveTeenager Ashley Rose Murphy, a motivational speaker and HIV/AIDS charity ambassador describes what it's like living with HIV positive.
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ReportThe charity fighting for every woman worldwide to have children by choice, not chance.As Marie Stopes International celebrates its 40th anniversary, we look back at the empowering work they have done for women across the globe…
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ReportWhy we absolutely have to eliminate the stigma surrounding miscarriagesNicola Sturgeon has opened up about experiencing a miscarriage, and is helping to eliminate the stigma surrounding them as a result
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OpinionSo, do we need 'meternity' leave?Why a US author is facing a backlash for suggesting "meternity" time for childfree women
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OpinionWhat it feels like to get an ovarian cancer diagnosisWhen she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer last year, Chloe Jackson wasn't sure what to expect. Here she explains how she coped, and what she learned...
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ReportKim Kardashian is right: Nine reasons why being pregnant sucksMarie Claire's Deputy Editor agrees with Kim Kardashian - being pregnant is rubbish
By Marie Claire
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