Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...

This week, the Virginia state Legislature passed a bill that would require women to have an ultrasound before they may have an abortion. Because the great majority of abortions occur during the first ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law a bill that requires women to have an ultrasound procedure before they can legally have an abortion ...

Several states are considering laws that would mandate an ultrasound before a woman has an abortion. Critics say the laws are unnecessary and intrusive, and the debate reached a fever pitch recently ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Virginia’s controversial mandatory ultrasound bill is now headed to Gov. Bob ...

It’s not as if “Doonesbury,” the comic strip, hasn’t tackled controversial subjects before. Still, the series just released, which features a woman seeking an abortion being forced to undergo a ...

“Are we now going to have to convince our patients we are not raping them?” A longtime abortion provider posed that question to colleagues on a listserv this week, and it demonstrates what is ...