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Many elections, many consequences

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Time to defend science under attack

In an age of “alternative facts” and conspiracy theories, protecting trust in science is crucial.

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Protecting children or policing gender?

Laws on genital mutilation, gender affirmation and cosmetic genital surgery are at odds, even though they have many similarities.

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Replacing a scalpel with love

Surgery on intersex infants attempts to shape them to society’s expectations. It is society, not the child, that needs changing.

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Unnecessary hysterectomies are still happening

While hysterectomy surgery has seen a drop in developed economies, it persists in the global South reflecting a racist, sexist, and prejudicial legacy.

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Hysterectomies in younger Indian women are influenced by insurance subsidies

Doctors compensated on a fee-for-service basis in India, were more likely to perform hysterectomy surgeries, whether or not they were clinically necessary.

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Hysterectomies in younger Indian women are influenced by insurance subsidies

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