The new approach delivers the contraceptive hormonal medication levonorgestrel via what the researchers call “Self-assembling ...

Birth control and an abortion are different. Birth control prevents pregnancy from happening in the first place. An abortion stops an existing pregnancy. “There’s a huge difference,” says ...

Now women’s birth control—much of which still comes with plenty of irksome, sometimes risky, side effects—seems due for some kickbacks. True, the logistics of keeping an egg from exiting an ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a number of U.S. states set abortion restrictions — making access to birth control even more important for some. For the most part ...

Though commonplace for many people, birth control is a complex process that requires careful follow-through. It’s common to choose a contraceptive method based on how well it’s supposed to work.

In some circles eugenicists went as far as declaring birth control selfish and a form of "racial suicide." The same people believed that blacks and other minorities should not reproduce.

In the Christian tradition, birth control had long been associated with promiscuity and adultery, and resolutely condemned. However, after the Anglican Church passed a resolution in favor of birth ...