A new study linked birth control to an unusual risk of brain tumors.
Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the contraceptive’s maker, Pfizer, faces hundreds of lawsuits claiming that it was .
The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of methods worked well.
Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition.
Birth control pills are drugs that can stop ovulation and thicken the cervical mucus to prevent pregnany.
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Birth control for teens is not significantly different from birth control for adults.
The Trump administration is revamping a program that’s supposed to fund contraceptives to please a far-right movement with roots in eugenics.
This year, for the first time in the roughly sixty-year history of the birth-control pill in the United States, it can be bought over the counter.
A new Illinois law lets minors access birth control prescriptions and contraceptive services without a parent or guardian starting in 2027.
Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and the author, most recently, of Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025).
Birth control interactions occur when medications or supplements affect how well contraception works or increase side effects.