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The RCOG and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) have joined more than 70 global healthcare organisations in condemning the decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn abortion ruling Roe v Wade.

On day two of RCOG World Congress 2022 (Tuesday 14 June), we were delighted to host a collaborative fringe event at our headquarters in Union Street and live stream to 85+ countries.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists welcomes the appointment of Professor Dame Lesley Regan as England's first ever Women's Health Ambassador.

On Clean Air Day, Dr Eddie Morris, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Feryal Clark MP, Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Patient Safety, call on the UK government to recognise the harmful effects of air pollution in pregnancy and set stronger targets for air quality in England.

The Royal College of Midwives has developed new maternity lexicon, which promotes personalised and women-centred care.

RCOG is not supportive of over-the-counter menopause tests as an accurate method to detect menopause or perimenopause

The last few years have seen a sea-change in public discussion of the menopause. It was less than a year ago I wrote about the huge awareness boost given to menopause by major broadcast documentaries supported by celebrity voices, and even since then women’s experiences of the menopause have become ever more common on our screens and in our newspapers. I have spent my career supporting women through their menopause for whom stigma and shame made their already challenging symptoms even more difficult to manage, and the veil of stigma that is fast disappearing around menopause is a real cause for celebration.