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 ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

As an OB-GYN training to be a complex family planning subspecialist at UC San Diego, I have seen misinformation about ...

This has become known as the ‘nocebo effect’ which is thought to be leading to young women quitting birth control.

Online influencers recently posted that they’re “sure it’s just a coincidence” girls in that specific age range were provided the contraceptive, thus sparking debate about the effects it could have ...

A pregnant woman telling a controlling grandmother, "This is my baby shower, not yours," may sound blunt, but it also ...

Rep. Jason Smith highlights Missouri's crisis pregnancy centers receiving federal TANF funds meant for poverty relief.

Health officials are reminding the public to be aware of urgent maternal warning signs that can occur during pregnancy and up ...

“The Power of the Pill” is a phrase commonly used to refer to the transformative impact of oral contraceptives in bringing reproductive autonomy to women. After the first contraceptive pill was ...

A newly released report from the South Carolina Meternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee showed a slight drop in ...

Maxwell Samuda’s grandmother is believed to have taken diethylstilbestrol, known as DES, more than 50 years ago.