If you want to have a baby and stop taking birth control, will you be able to? Millions rely on hormonal birth control: to clear up acne, lessen cramps, and of course, provide peace of mind when ...

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 ...

As it is, the options for men wanting to prevent pregnancy are scant ― use a condom, depend on the very undependable pull-out ...

Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett each had a different vision of reproductive freedom. Would reproductive rights be more secure if Dennett’s had prevailed?

Oct. 21, 2024 — U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision, and infant mortality was highest among those born ...

Hormonal birth control does not cause seizure conditions. However, some research suggests it may increase seizure risk in people with epilepsy or other seizure disorders. This can happen due to ...

A vaginal delivery after a caesarean has risks. But so do multiple caesareans. Here’s what you need to know if you’re ...

Keidi Lin believes childbirth is beautiful and that her job is to capture the reality of home births, with its pain, ...

Between the 2020 Supreme Court ruling that made it legal for employers to refuse to cover birth control and the fact that 19 million people who are capable of becoming pregnant live in a contracep ...

Spotting while on birth control is common, especially during the first few months as your body adjusts to the hormones. It’s usually very light and may appear pink or brown. Breakthrough bleeding is ...

The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to ...