There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for another ...

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

The teen birth rate in the U.S. has been declining consistently for more than 30 years, despite the fact that the number of ...

Contraception, also known as “birth control,” is “any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy,” as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 4 There are many ...

Perimenopausal women face increased pregnancy-related risks, necessitating continued contraceptive use until menopause is confirmed. Healthy women can use combination hormonal contraceptives until mid ...

Explore safe, hormone-free birth control options and say goodbye to the contraceptive pill without compromising your body.

With several birth control options available, doctors say some methods are more effective than others and have different side ...

There's contraception for just about any lifestyle. Women have several options in the form of the pill, the patch, the ring, the shot - just to name a few. Some of the more popular methods include The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision last summer and subsequent action by several states has led to questions about contraceptive options and access. "Some feel that the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) does not seem to reduce fertility, but many MS medications can harm an unborn baby, so managing your medication when you intend to become pregnant is important. Most birth ...

Women have been controlling their fertility for thousands of years, but none were tried and true until "the pill" came along in the 1960s. Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones speaks with OBGYN physician Dr.