And I am the only candidate here who has passed a law protecting a woman's right of reproductive health and health insurance.

at a Women Delivers Conference, talking about the reproductive health and how women get

They tell you, once you take a cup of this tea every morning for say one month you're going to lose weight. And there's also things like herbal cure-it-alls, you know, lots of mixtures of herbs which they claim, oh this can cure HIV, this can cure cancer, this can cure sickle cell anemia. And there are lots of messages from health experts, even state regulatory bodies, saying, oh these things do not work. We do not have any evidence that these things will offer you the value that this will promise, that it offers. And then there are also things like unregulated fertility and aphrodisiac products. You know, people and lots of messages online will tell you, oh once you take this or you apply this topically, you're going to get better in the other room. You know, you're going to be better, your performance is going to be great, it's going to offer you this and that. Part of the reasons why this happens in a country like Nigeria is currently, Nigeria is facing very tough economic times and this has affected the cost of drugs. Most people can no longer afford medical products, so they are turning to alternative means, unorthodox means, and they're looking for ways to take care of their health while they can still, you know, keep the little money that they have. Then things like the cultural background of Nigeria and the religious background, Nigeria being a very conservative country, conversations around sex and fertility and reproductive health isn't what you ideally hear people talk about in the open. So that means, because it's very hush-hush, people seek for very secret ways to address their needs in that sphere. And lastly, here is our What in the World colleague, Maria Clara Montoya.

OB-GYNs focus on women's reproductive health, pregnancy, and childbirth.

These physicians manage pregnancy, childbirth and and women's reproductive health, often working unpredictable hours due to labor and delivery call.

and there was and still is, in many parts of the country, an omnipresent uncertainty in accessing reproductive health care.

If it's for a reproductive health issue, it might be the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

reproductive health.

Choices like educating women, providing credit to women in countries where women are not now allowed to have credit, providing reproductive health care so that women are not forced, as they are in some countries, to have children when they don't want to, raising the age at marriage so that 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds, and

Recent policy changes around reproductive health are also affecting access to care in many states, creating even more demand for the OB-GYNs who remain in practice.