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Women Don't Just Take Birth Control To Prevent Pregnancies
HuffPost· 10 hours agoAbout one-third of women (33%) ages 15 to 19 who take birth control pills do so for reasons other...
Senate Republicans kill federal birth control protections
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe bill, sponsored by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, would have curbed potential Republican-led...
Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access
Washington Post· 3 days agoRepublican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access to birth-control pills by falsely...
Republicans killed a bill that would protect birth control. What it could mean for Idaho
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoAn influential Idaho lobbying group has said it wants to ban emergency contraception like Plan B, as...
We May Be One Step Closer To Male Birth Control. We Asked Guys If They'd Use It
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThis week, scientists at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in Boston announced that we may...
Male Birth Control Gel Is Proving Safe and Effective in Early Clinical Trials
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe product contains testosterone and the synthetic hormone segesterone acetate (called Nestorone)...
The Right to Contraception Act isn’t just about birth control
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn this March 25, 2015, file photo, Margot Riphagen of New Orleans, La., wears a birth control pills...
A long-awaited birth control option for men may be closer to reality
CNN via AOL· 3 days agoAfter decades of false starts, researchers say they are finally making progress on a long-acting and...
Synthetic estrogens used in birth control pills linked to anxiety in rats
MedicalNewsToday via AOL· 21 hours agoResearchers found that rats given synthetic estrogen exhibited more behaviors associated with...
An over-the-counter birth control pill is a big win for contraceptive care — but women need more...
WBUR Boston· 1 day agoEarlier this year, a dream almost two decades in the making became reality: Anyone can now walk into...