Indian Health Services today issued an updated policy to ensure that Native American women can obtain emergency contraception at IHS facilities. The update comes more than two years after a federal ...

Many women with IBD are unaware of the risks of hormonal contraceptives and pregnancy on their disease and symptoms. Peak incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) corresponds with the prime ...

New research explores how hormonal contraceptive use may influence cardiovascular and thrombotic risk in women, including ...

Reversible contraceptives like birth control pills, patches, IUDs and implants do not cause permanent infertility for most women. Fertility generally returns within months after stopping use, though ...

Views writer Savannah Burke argues that cycle-tracking wellness trends spread birth control misinformation and threaten women ...

More than half of people who have given birth are not using contraception two months later despite the risk that back-to-back pregnancies can pose, a new UCL study shows. The researchers are backing ...

June 23, 2012 — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its 2010 recommendations regarding the use of hormonal contraception among women at high risk for HIV infection. The ...

Catholic institutions such as Georgetown University should be satisfied with the Obama administration’s compromise on the issue of providing no-cost birth control for employees, and they should work ...

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 ...

Many married women in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have the freedom to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Global data show that only 37% of women in the region aged 15-49 can make ...