Separating fact from fiction around the pill. Birth control is used by millions of women but the questions around it are never ending for women -- from whether it will cause cancer or help prevent ...

A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long availability. Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been an ...

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here's what the debate is missing.

For years, preventing pregnancy in the US has meant choosing between the lesser of several annoyances: remembering a daily pill, enduring the insertion of an IUD, or managing condom use. But another ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...

From overlooked side effects to misleading claims online, a variety of forces are fueling skepticism around the drugs, which decades of research... Why some young women are questioning their birth ...