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There’s no question that contraceptives have been fundamental in the modern fight for gender equality. Since women and birthing people gained the ability to choose if and when they wanted children, ...

Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) The reproductive health landscape in the U.S. keeps shifting, particularly since Roe v. Wade was ...

How the male birth control pill works The experimental pill, called YCT-529, is designed to pause sperm production by interrupting specific signals in the body. Specifically, the drug works by ...

Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth ...

Researchers began testing a first-of-its-kind non-hormonal male birth control pill this week, a promising step for male contraceptive care as previous hormonal methods faced challenges like too many ...

Many people assume that once you start taking “the pill” or using other hormonal contraceptives, ovulation completely stops. While that’s true for most users, there are situations where ovulation can ...

How Birth Control Affects Your Menstrual Cycle Hormonal birth control works by changing the hormone levels in your body to prevent pregnancy. Some types of birth control stop ovulation, which means ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A copper intrauterine device was 100 percent effective at emergency contraception in a study of almost 2000 Chinese women who had the device implanted up to 5 days after ...

In 2018, a handful of couples ditched their birth control to embark on a one-year trial of a hormonal topical gel as their only contraceptive. This gel, however, was for men to use in order to ...