Most Doctors Don’t Know This Birth Control Option Exists, and It’s Been Available for 20 Years

A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long ...
People

Chappell Roan Just Shared Her Birth Chart and It Explains Everything, According to an Astrologer

Astrologer Valerie Mesa breaks down the placements behind the singer's larger-than-life persona Rebecca Sapp/Getty Chappell Roan took to Instagram Stories to share a full screenshot of her birth chart ...
People

Number of Women Seeking Permanent Birth Control Increased 50% After Abortion Overturn

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision “made people think about their future plans,” researchers said Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty The number of women who sought permanent birth control via surgery ...
Self

No, Birth Control Won’t Make You Attracted to the ‘Wrong’ Person

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...
The New York Times

The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning

A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against hormonal birth control, while promoting a more “natural” alternative. A growing coalition of conservatives are speaking out against ...
Health.com

FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of Birth Control Pills—Nearly 27,000 Packs Affected

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals recalled almost 27,000 packs ...
CNN

Barred from burning $9.7 million in birth control, the Trump administration may now be running down the clock

The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

5 Birth Control Methods That Are Safe for Women to Use

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...
UC San Francisco

Could This Birth Control Shot Increase Your Risk for Brain Tumor?

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...
WYFF

South Carolina bill could redefine contraception and limit birth control access

PAGE ON ITS WEBSITE. WE’VE BEEN COVERING A BILL IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE THAT COULD FURTHER LIMIT A WOMAN’S ACCESS TO ABORTION AND PLACE CRIMINAL PENALTIES ON WOMEN AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. AND ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Supply of Birth Control Pills in the US at Risk as Tariffs Kick In

Hi, it’s Satviki in Mumbai. President Donald Trump’s tariffs reached the health care sector last week. While levies are on patented drugs for now, the outsized reliance on Indian generics, especially ...
Snopes.com

Breaking down report Trump admin said birth control pills, IUDs cause abortions

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, ...