The reason for the large gap in OCP effectiveness under perfect use and typical use may be due primarily to missed pills. Nearly 1 in 2 pill users report missing 1 or more pills per cycle. [5] The ...

Trump Surgeon General nominee Casey Means was confronted by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over comments trashing contraception as ...

Surgeon general pick Casey Means stood by her past claims that birth control has "horrifying health risks" and softened her ...

The use of modern family planning methods among married women in Rwanda has risen gradually over the past three decades, from 13 percent in 1992 to 64 percent in 2025, according to the Rwanda ...

Use of emergency contraception in the form of the otherwise-called “morning after” pill more than doubled since the drug was approved for use without a prescription, a new report from the Centers for ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women have been reporting online that they have had surprise “Ozempic babies” despite using contraception. Christin Klose/dpa ...

Dr Eleonora Benhar Noccioli, VP of Science and Data at Natural Cycles, has issued a warning to anyone who uses period tracking apps as contraception.

The dengue virus has arrived back in America. Pope Francis has said that contraception was good to use to fight dengue's wrath. I strongly disagree with this statement. Contraception is the gateway to ...