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

Millions of women worldwide rely on hormonal birth control methods to prevent pregnancy, but emerging research suggests certain contraceptive options may carry cardiovascular risks that deserve closer ...

There’s no question that contraceptives have been fundamental in the modern fight for gender equality. Since women and birthing people gained the ability to choose if and when they wanted children, ...

A novel male contraceptive gel combining two hormones, segesterone acetate (named Nestorone) and testosterone, suppresses sperm production faster than similar experimental hormone-based methods for ...

Contraception, or birth control, can take a number of forms including drugs, devices, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Methods can be long-acting or short-acting. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, who teaches ...

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...

Birth control methods can evolve with your health, lifestyle, and pregnancy plans. Common reasons to switch include difficulty remembering to use your current method consistently, changes in sexual ...

Birth control interactions occur when medications or supplements affect how well contraception works or increase side effects. These interactions vary depending on the type of birth control you use.

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 ...

Meningiomas are the most common brain tumors in adults, accounting for 38% to 42% of all primary central nervous system ...

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 ...

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 ...