Bernard Nathanson was an obstetrician and gynecologist in New York City, New York, who argued for, and later against, womens' rights to abortion [5]. Between 1970 and 1979, Nathanson oversaw at least 75,000 abortions, 5,000 of which he performed himself, earning him the nickname of abortion [5] king. However, his views regarding abortion [5] shifted in 1973, after he watched an abortion [5] usi...

International Partnership for Microbicides, , Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; Huntingdon Life 6 Sciences, Huntingdon Research Centre, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK; ABL B.V., Assen, The 7 Netherlands; University of Pittsburgh, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA,USA. 8 9 Running Head: Sheep model of microbicide safety and pharmacokinetics 10 11 # Address correspondence to Jonathon D....

Background In Ecuador, access to maternity services remains significantly lower amongst indigenous women compared with non-indigenous women partly due to cultural barriers [1]. A hospital in Ecuador where the indigenous rights movement is particularly strong implemented the Vertical Birth (VB) policy to increase indigenous womens’ access to maternity services by adapting services to the local c...