Birth control offers a lot of obvious perks (from combatting period irregularity to preventing unwanted pregnancies), but there comes a time in life where you're ready for a change. Maybe you're ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which stripped away the constitutional protection of abortion rights, some abortion-ban states and pro-life politicians have turned their attention ...

Hormonal birth control helps prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation and blocking sperm. Nonhormonal methods work by physically blocking sperm or using spermicide. Hormonal options include pills, ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period ...

Birth-control pills are being falsely categorized by some conservatives as “abortifacients” — something used to terminate a pregnancy. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) Republican lawmakers in Missouri ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

You may have heard that if you take antibiotics with your hormonal birth control (pills, patches, shots, implants, or vaginal rings) it can raise your chance of getting pregnant. With one exception, ...

While you may hope you never need it, it’s important to know about backup birth control — what your choices are, which type works best, and when to use it. These are some of the reasons you might want ...