Birth control or contraception is important for adults of all ages. However, choosing the right method of birth control is just as important for people over the age of 40. As women get older, their ...

Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) The reproductive health landscape in the U.S. keeps shifting, particularly since Roe v. Wade was ...

Forty-eight U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor on Monday, pressing the Biden Administration to require federally and state-regulated health ...

Most abortions are illegal in Texas, but adults in Texas still have access to a range of birth control and reproductive health care services through most health insurance plans and government-funded ...

A brand new type of male contraceptive has begun its first trial, and unlike many contraceptives, doesn't involve any hormones. A group of 16 British men are involved in the trial of the pill, which ...

In 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a hormonal contraceptive, the birth control pill, gave women reproductive autonomy and a more effective ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

In 2016, a two-hormone birth control method for men made headlines. The injection showed promise, but Stage II trial was stopped after an independent review panel found the drug had “too many side ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a male contraceptive similar to the birth control pill that can be taken orally and is reversible, with minimal side effects. An oral male ...

Access to affordable birth control is being chipped away through a series of incremental policy changes, legal rulings and funding restrictions that are quietly but effectively dismantling the ...