A 2002 study in Puerto Rico of 4,332 men and women ages 15 to 64 found that women’s lifetime use of opiates was 2.2%. For cocaine, lifetime use was 2.3% and 0.8% for heroin.

According to data from Puerto Rico's Gender Equality Observatory, at least 37 direct and indirect femicides have been registered in the island from Jan. 2020 to Sept. 2020.

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency this week over violence against women -- a move activists are hoping will help stem the tide of gender-based killings on the island, which average to ...

“We know that in Puerto Rico and in the United States, more than 50% of Black women are outside of the work field. This is not just because they’re Black women, it’s because Black women ...

In 1963, the New York Daily News ran stories about an underground, word-of-mouth network of doctors in Puerto Rico who performed abortions on American women, from “suburban society matrons” to ...

In 1963, the New York Daily News ran stories about an underground, word-of-mouth network of doctors in Puerto Rico who performed abortions on American women, from “suburban society matrons” to ...