New research has revealed a potential connection between certain progestins and meningioma risk, with implications for ...

Women may receive additional pressure from sexual partners who believe that using birth control is morally wrong.

While the risk of side effects from contraceptives in testing so far appears to be low, all of these scientific advances will be for naught if researchers can’t convince the FDA to use different ...

Those who say contraception is morally wrong do so for a variety of reasons. This argument is based on the premise that life is a good thing. Holders of this view argue that contraception is ...

The conversation around birth control has long focused on its benefits: preventing unwanted pregnancies, regulating menstrual cycles, and even treating hormonal disorders. But a new study suggests ...

Lansing, Mich (WNEM) – Access to free contraception resources is still available at over 300 locations thanks to the Take Control of Your Birth Control program. The Michigan Department of Health ...

“We have seen a huge spike in demand for emergency contraception as women are effectively looking to stock up, given the uncertainty of what the reproductive health landscape will look like over ...

Birth control and an abortion are different. Birth control prevents pregnancy from happening in the first place. An abortion stops an existing pregnancy. “There’s a huge difference,” says ...

Title X clinics play a key role in access to effective contraception across the US safety net. Strengthening the Title X program should continue to be a policy priority for public health for the ...

In a changing health care landscape, understanding all available options for emergency contraception has become more important than ever. While Plan B remains widely known, medical experts want to ...

Since the 1960s, the contraceptive pill has been hailed as the gateway to sexual liberation and female empowerment – and has prevented millions of unwanted pregnancies. But in the UK ...