Now is a good time to test your knowledge of human reproduction.
It's never been more important for Americans to understand where babies come from. |
With Roe v. Wade now overturned, pregnancy has become an even higher-stakes gambit than it was before. Where you live determines whether you can access abortion, should you want or need one — including for a wanted pregnancy gone awry — with some state laws placing strict limits on when in a pregnancy an abortion can be performed. |
Being able to navigate that landscape will require all of us in this country — and especially women — to brush up on some concepts that we may or may not have learned in high school sex ed class. If you take a pregnancy test and it's positive, how can you determine how far along you are? What are the most effective ways to prevent pregnancy? And what's the difference between an abortion and a miscarriage? |
The answers to these questions all have serious implications, more so now than they did three weeks ago. So my colleagues and I created a quiz to test how much our readers know about the basics of human reproduction — and hopefully to educate people as well. |
I'll admit that I learned a thing or two while working on this. So don't feel bad if you don't ace it: Some of the concepts are legitimately confusing — even for those of us who cover reproductive rights for a living. |
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