Femtech and women’s health

How safe is it to use period tracking and digital contraception apps? Who is your data being shared with? What regulation actually exists in this area to protect app users? Femtech offers women digital tools for tracking reproductive health. Gavin and Jessamy are joined by Dr. Catriona McMillan, Senior Research Fellow in Medical Law and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, to talk about how accurate these apps actually are, significant concerns about data privacy, and what regulatory oversight exists and can be applied. Send us your feedback! Read all of our content at Check out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group: Continue this conversation on social!

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Femtech and women’s health is an episode from The Lancet Voice by The Lancet Group.

This episode is 25:00 long.

This episode was published on Jun 19, 2025.

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