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

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

Background: More than 30% of the pregnancies in women aged 35 and over are unintended. This paper compares perceptions about contraceptive methods and use among women with and without an unintended ...

Researchers explore the links between birth control and depression, highlighting potential risks among adolescents.

The teen birth rate in the U.S. has been declining consistently for more than 30 years, despite the fact that the number of teenage girls having sex has not changed since at least 2002. A new report ...

As an OB-GYN training to be a complex family planning subspecialist at UC San Diego, I have seen misinformation about ...

New digital contraceptive methods, such as apps or wearables to determine fertile days, are gaining in popularity. University of Amsterdam medical anthropologist Ellen Algera and her colleagues ...

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

The vaginal contraceptive ring represents one of the more recent innovations in hormonal birth control, offering a unique delivery system that combines convenience with effectiveness. Unlike daily ...

Family planning in India has quietly witnessed a paradigm shift over the past decade. Talking about family planning has moved beyond the confines of population management and wedding bells. Today, ...

YCT-529 inhibits retinoic acid receptor alpha to suppress sperm production reversibly. Currently in Phase 1b/2a trials, the compound has shown promise in preclinical models and aims to expand ...

House Bill 6 establishes Virginians' right to obtain contraceptives and protects doctors' right to prescribe FDA-approved ...