After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which stripped away the constitutional protection of abortion rights, some abortion-ban states and pro-life politicians have turned their attention ...

Hormonal birth control helps prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation and blocking sperm. Nonhormonal methods work by physically blocking sperm or using spermicide. Hormonal options include pills, ...

A major breakthrough in pregnancy prevention happened back in 1960 when the oral contraceptive, or “the pill,” was first approved by the FDA. Depending on the brand, all you had to do was take a tiny ...

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 ...

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period ...

The lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) is a type of birth control that relies on hormones your body makes while breastfeeding. If you strictly meet the guidelines, LAM can be 98% effective in ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...