Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) can prevent pregnancy for up to three months, and is available in a form that can be ...

A year after the nation's first nonprescription daily birth control pill debuted for sale, reproductive health advocates said its impact has been felt especially by young women who now can easily ...

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

Birth control in the US right now is full of contradictions.

There's a battle being waged across the country between people who see birth control as essential for women's health, self-determination and to avoid abortions ‒ and those who claim some forms of ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives, which are progestin-only shots taken at home every three months, have been ...

Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from their pharmacists. Gretchen Whitmer signed that measure into law this week as part of a bill package improving access to ...

Merriam-Webster defines "health" as: 1. the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit. 2. a condition in which someone or something is thriving or doing well. The author of a recent Prince ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Colleen Renee Lis has heard people say: "Go out and buy every female member of your family Plan B for Christmas this year.” “That might truly be what I do," she said. Plan B, the morning-after pill ...

Since 1970, under the federal Title X program, sexual health clinics have been permitted to administer birth control to minors, with or without parental consent, in every state. The program’s goal, ...

Planned Parenthood of Utah has announced it’s restarting low-cost or free services for eligible patients now that previously ...