Outcry over abortion advert is about power, not saving foetuses
Laurie Penny: Prolonging ignorance of women's health reveals much about the prejudices of the 'pro-life' lobby
Abortion ad blocked in Northern Ireland
Channel 4 has banned Marie Stopes advert from being broadcast in Northern Ireland, where abortion is still illegal
Abortion services to be advertised on UK television for first time
Planned screening provokes an enthusiastic welcome from advocates of women's sexual health, and outrage from anti-abortion groups
50 years on, the pill can still spark rows and work magic
Libby Brooks: Raquel Welch's remarks only confirm that the revolution triggered by the invention of the oral contraceptive lives on
Law on brothels puts prostitutes at risk
Diane Taylor: Preventing sex workers operating together makes them more vulnerable to attack – we need a more pragmatic approach
Schubert’s syphilitic sonata
Tom Service: What was Franz Schubert's frame of mind when he composed this haunted work? Even worse than Gordon Brown's today, that's for sure ...
The race to discover Viagra for women
According to some accounts almost half of all women suffer from sexual dysfunction. But does it really exist? And would a female Viagra make any difference?
Our sex lives. Their agenda
Laurie Penny: Moral posturing paints the young as victims or villains of a sexualised society. We are just getting on with it
Sex workers need power not brothels
Thierry Schaffauser: Reopening brothels seems ideal, but French sex workers have fought hard to remain independent from pimps and state control
Girls, ignore adults who wish you to be less than you are
Eve Ensler: So many women I saw at The Vagina Monologues were trying to overcome what was muted in them when they were young
Church attacks new condom ad rules
Government campaigns should continue to be main channel for pushing messages on sexual health, says Church of England. By Mark Sweney
Rome school criticised for installing condom machine for pupils
Cardinal deplores initiative for 'trivialising sexuality' as headmaster of Kepler school urges others to follow
Condom use still far from the norm in South Africa
Denialism and hypocrisy from leaders is failing to help in the fight against HIV and aids, say critics
One HIV test, but two results
Elizabeth Pisani: The realities of HIV depend on geography. We can't treat our way out of this epidemic
From snowmageddon to snoverkill
Things go from bad to worse as the snow and woe piles up around the District of Columbia