Most of You Really Don't Wanna Be Pregnant
According to the National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Hundreds of Thousands of Cancer Cases Prevented By Birth Control Pills
Birth control pills are revealed to have prevented hundreds of thousands of cancer-related cases, according to a new…
Feds to Insurance Companies: You Actually Have to Cover Birth Control
Three federal agencies issued a pointed set of “clarifications” Monday, basically reminding health insurance companies…
Health Insurance Companies Are Illegally Charging for Birth Control
One of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act is that birth control methods — be it pill, patch, shot, ring — are…
Fish Don't Want Your Birth Control Pills, Thanks
Bad news about birth control pills: they might keep you from getting pregnant/regulate your cycle/all that jazz, but…
Study Suggests Link Between Birth Control Pills and Crohn's Disease
Birth control pills: good for you or not good for you? (Don't answer that; it's a trick question, since no one has a…
Doctors: Nuns Should Take The Pill For Its Non-Whorish Benefits
Women around the world struggle with the moral and practical implications of the Catholic Church's opposition to birth…
How Evil Is Your Birth Control Manufacturer?
Yaz and Yasmin manufacturer Bayer is under fire yet again, this time for withholding key data about blood clot risks…
Newer Birth Control Pills Are More Dangerous, But Probably Won't Kill You
For those of us who like to convince ourselves that we're dying anytime we feel a tingle in our leg, the increasing…
5 Things We Didn't Know About Contraceptive History
In honor of the Pill's 50th anniversary, Time's Nancy Gibbs takes a look back at its history and influence. Her piece…
A Reader's Treasury Of Cures For Your Cramps
Recently, I complained of my monthly misery, seeking help — and thank you, seriously, for getting all up in my uterus.…
Unsatisfied With Outlawing Abortion, "Personhood" Group Takes On The Pill
A group called Personhood Florida want to amend Florida's constitution to outlaw not just all abortion, but the…
New Law Restores Affordable Birth Control For American Women
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law a new appropriations bill that will let college and community health centers…
Has The Pill "Increased Or Diminished Human Happiness"?
Birth control pills will go over the counter at a few locations in London in 2009, prompting James Berrill of The…
New Study Suggests That The Pill Could Make You Misread Men
Dubious study time! This time, it's about the pill. According to evolutionary psychologists from the University of…
More And More Pharmacists Refusing To Cough Up Your Yaz
A new pharmacy about to open in Northern Virginia boasts the best Christian gimmick since abstinence pants: They're…
'Breaking': Erratic Contraceptive Use Can Lead To Pregnancy
If you're not interested in getting pregnant, this new study might inspire you to be more vigilant with condom use.…
Have you suffered a major head injury? Are you on birth control pills? Chinese researchers have determined that…
Labor Pains
The new "ethics guidelines" written by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists instruct its members…
Isaiah Washington Makes Amends When No One's Watching
- Grey's Anatomy's resident homophobe, Isaiah Washington, to appear in PSA tonight condemning hate speech. Too bad pretty…