Women have long blamed the birth-control pill for packing on extra pounds. Now it turns out excess weight may be to blame when the pill fails to prevent pregnancy. A study of Seattle women found that ...

If you're failing less, then you're succeeding more, right? That's exactly what appears to be happening with birth control in the United States, according to a new study released by the Guttmacher ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to restrict access to abortion, interest in permanent contraception options increased. For example, Google recorded the highest volume ...

It had long been suggested that living with overweight or obesity might undermine the effectiveness of birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives, leading to unplanned pregnancy. It is true ...

Your genetic makeup can affect how well different medicines work, and new research explores whether that’s true for hormonal contraceptives. Women who carry an uncommon genetic variant may produce an ...

A bill pushed by Senate Democrats that would have codified the right to contraceptives nationwide fell short in a test vote Wednesday, with Republicans dismissing the measure as a “show.” The upper ...

You’ve been diligently taking your birth control at the same time every day, following all the rules to keep yourself protected. But what if your morning vitamins or that herbal supplement you take ...

On April 3, 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user Ben Zeisloft, an editor at conservative publication The Sentinel, published a post that revived a hotly debated issue related to abortion (archived): The ...

Hormonal birth control is a method of preventing pregnancy. Some types of antibiotics and other medications can interact with hormonal birth control, causing it to be less effective. Birth control, or ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to restrict access to abortion, interest in permanent contraception options increased. For example, Google recorded the highest volume ...