PoliticsPoliticsLauren Boebert Says She Didn't Take Birth Control Because It's 'Cheaper to Have a Kid'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quickly responded: "Then she voted against the right to contraception so she could double…ByLaura BassettPublishedMay 23, 2023Comments (88)
HealthHealthPregnancy Is Not a Benign EventWhat a Texas woman's quadruple amputations tell us about giving birth in the United States—forced or not.BySusan RinkunasPublishedMarch 20, 2023Comments (3)
CelebritiesMisc. GossCelebritiesMisc. GossThank You to This 'Bachelor' Guy for Being Progressive About Male Birth Control...I Think?Dean Unglert offered to get a vasectomy so his fiancé, Caelynn Miller-Keyes, could get off birth control until…ByEmily LeibertPublishedMarch 17, 2023Comments (4)
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthEven Republicans Support Hospitals Offering IUDs After BirthBecause the uterus is larger immediately after giving birth, it can reduce the pain that can come from inserting an…ByKylie CheungPublishedMarch 2, 2023Comments (1)
CelebritiesCelebritiesKeke Palmer Appears To Be Having a Blast Being Pregnant“I feel like, ‘Yo, I could do anything.’ It gives you this Superwoman-type of strength," Palmer told E! News.ByRodlyn-mae BantingPublishedFebruary 21, 2023Comments (2)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeUtah Is Searching for Forced Sterilization Survivors in the State to... ‘Apologize’One victim was sterilized for allegedly cheating on her husband; another, a Black incarcerated man, for being an…ByKylie CheungPublishedFebruary 16, 2023Comments (5)
HealthHealthWoman Appears to Give Birth to Baby That's Holding Her IUDIUDs work 99 percent of the time, "but someone has to be the 1%, and that’s me and my baby," Violet Quick said.ByKylie CheungUpdatedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (38)
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthNo, Birth Control Isn’t Making People LesbiansAn Australian woman shared that she “became a lesbian” after going off the pill. Her story went viral, and lots of…ByKylie CheungPublishedJanuary 24, 2023Comments (46)
In DepthIn DepthTikToks About 'Traumatizing' IUD Pain Go Viral as Some Doctors Refuse to Remove ThemThe political war on birth control is very much real, but that doesn’t mean the intense pain of IUD insertion isn’t.…ByKylie CheungPublishedDecember 19, 2022Comments (65)
LatestLatestThis Holiday Season, Treat Your Man to ‘The Nutcracker’—AKA the Vasectomy VanIn honor of World Vasectomy Day, the first since the fall of Roe v. Wade, a physician in Iowa is offering discounted…ByLauren TousignantPublishedOctober 14, 2022Comments (9)
PoliticsPoliticsMichigan AG Candidate Compares Contraception to Fentanyl: 'You Have to Stop It at the Border'The morning-after pill is birth control, not even abortion, but Matthew DePerno says it must be treated like a…BySusan RinkunasPublishedSeptember 20, 2022Comments (25)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionMen Who Didn't Know How Plan B Works Win Their Democratic PrimariesThe New York Times Editorial Board sure picked some geniuses.BySusan RinkunasPublishedAugust 24, 2022Comments (59)
PoliticsPoliticsTexans Challenge Health Coverage of Birth Control, HPV Vaccine, and Anything Related to SexRepublicans' latest attempt to take down the Affordable Care Act is some puritanical bullshit.BySusan RinkunasPublishedJuly 26, 2022Comments (20)
PoliticsPoliticsKansas City Health System Said It Would No Longer Provide Plan B to Rape SurvivorsSaint Luke's has since reversed its decision following statements from Missouri lawmakers, and has resumed offering…ByAudra HeinrichsPublishedJune 29, 2022Comments (22)
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthCVS and Rite Aid Are Rationing Emergency ContraceptionOne online sexual health care provider, Wisp, reports a 3,000% rise in sales of Plan B since Friday.ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 28, 2022Comments (5)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionIdaho Republican Leader Says He'd Consider Banning Morning-After Pills and IUDsThe Republican Party insists they "DO NOT want to take away contraception." But some lawmakers are admitting the…ByLaura BassettPublishedMay 7, 2022Comments (81)
CelebritiesNewsCelebritiesNewsHailey Bieber Says Birth Control Contributed to Her Stroke. Here’s What You Need to Know.The model's recent health scare was terrifying—but that doesn't mean people should be scared of hormonal birth…ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 28, 2022Comments (24)
EntertainmentMoviesEntertainmentMoviesNew Documentary Makes a Shaky and Kinda TERFy Case Against the Birth Control PillThe Business of Birth Control examines the twisty relationship between big pharma, hormonal birth control, and…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 6, 2022Comments (55)
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublican Men Are Openly Questioning Our Right to Use Birth ControlThe hot new trend is saying a 1965 Supreme Court case permitting birth control tramples on states' rights today.BySusan RinkunasPublishedFebruary 23, 2022Comments (87)
HealthSexual HealthHealthSexual HealthInsurance Companies Are Giving Ridiculous Reasons For Not Covering New Birth Control MethodsPrivate insurers are doing everything they can to shirk the government’s birth control coverage requirement.ByKylie CheungPublishedFebruary 11, 2022Comments (21)