There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for ...

Emergency contraceptive pills, often called the “morning-after pill,” are widely used as a quick solution after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. For many women, they offer reassurance and ...

Contraception is no longer just about preventing pregnancy. It has become central to women's health, career planning, and ...

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 ...

In the case of birth control, it’s especially hard to tell fact from fiction or legitimate medical concern from TikTok hot air.

Views are mixed on whether to make contraceptives available regardless of people's age and marital status.Key findings Overwhelming majorities of Malawians say girls and women should be able to decide ...

The “pill” was once hailed as medical revolution, later it became the most widely used form of contraceptive. In recent years ...

Condoms made from dried fish maw, hanging women upside down, pregnancy prevention was a dangerous business for women in ...

On average, more than one-third of women who start using a modern contraceptive method stop using it within the first year. More than half of discontinuations are among women experiencing ...

House Bill 6 establishes Virginians' right to obtain contraceptives and protects doctors' right to prescribe FDA-approved ...

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