The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) (areeya_ann via Getty Images) ...

Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and the author, most recently, of Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025). We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that OTC birth control has significantly expanded access to a safe and reliable birth control method. Carol Yepes/Getty Images In 2023, the FDA approved Opill, the ...

A new Illinois law lets minors access birth control prescriptions and contraceptive services without a parent or guardian ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

This year, for the first time in the roughly sixty-year history of the birth-control pill in the United States, it can be bought over the counter. You might not know about this development—many people ...

Birth control pills are a daily medication taken to prevent pregnancy by temporarily hitting the pause button on your body's ...

In 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a hormonal contraceptive, the birth control pill, gave women reproductive autonomy and a more effective ...

Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the ...