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The TikTok birth control content that gets clicks? It’s often about rare side effects or straight up misinformation.
“If there was more research into how different bodies react to IUDs, there’s a chance patients can get the care they need without as drastic of side effects.”
“‘You don’t lay down and act like you’re making a baby til you’re ready to have a baby,’ he declared in a video.”
Delving into the other side of IUD pain – women who have the devices inserted and are so scarred from the experience that they do not want to ever get them removed.
Scientific American looks at rising use of wearable tech like Oura rings and Apple watches to track periods.
For some women, IUD insertions can be excruciating.
Nearly 30% of women in the state can now get the over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill, at no cost.
A deep dive looks at the use of long-acting contraceptives, such as IUDs and implants.
Singer Olivia Rodrigo is on tour and living up to her promise to bring awareness to reproductive healthcare.
A Texas appeals court ruled that clinics must get parents’ approval before prescribing birth control to teenagers in the state.
Alabama’s IVF mess and the concept of “fetal personhood” has shown the threat that birth control could face – especially IUDs.
An essay from Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff on how the birth control pill can work for years, and then suddenly start causing side effects, for unknown reasons.
Big changes are coming to birth control this year, CNN reports, including a pill that will be available without a prescription.
Idaho has become ground zero for extreme abortion legislation along with Texas, and this latest bill is no exception. The legislation would change how state laws refers to a fetus, instead using “preborn child.”
It was a small study, but investigators tested Contraline in 23 men in Australia and recorded sperm levels comparable to a vasectomy.
California joined New Jersey in making birth control prescription-free in 2024, with a new law.
The start of a new year often means new laws, and in New Jersey it means pharmacists can offer birth control pills without a prescription.
Breaking down the practice of “missed period pills” which are the same medications as what’s commonly known as the abortion pill.
Columnist Jill Filipovic asks the million-dollar question about male willingness to actually take a birth control pill
For some women, IUD insertions can be excruciating.