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Over-the-Counter Birth Control Reaches Women Who Previously Used Nothing

Research shows OTC birth control is successfully helping women who couldn't access prescription contraception through ...

Number of Women Seeking Permanent Birth Control Increased 50% After Abortion Overturn

The number of women seeking permanent birth control — via tubal ligation — has increased more than 50% following the Supreme ...

'It’s a little shocking': Birth control linked to 20-year-old Oklahoma woman's stroke

Neurologists said medication that thickens the blood, like some oral contraceptives, can be a risk factor for stroke.
UC San Francisco

Could This Birth Control Shot Increase Your Risk for Brain Tumor?

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...
WYFF

South Carolina bill could redefine contraception and limit birth control access

PAGE ON ITS WEBSITE. WE’VE BEEN COVERING A BILL IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE THAT COULD FURTHER LIMIT A WOMAN’S ACCESS TO ABORTION AND PLACE CRIMINAL PENALTIES ON WOMEN AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. AND ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Supply of Birth Control Pills in the US at Risk as Tariffs Kick In

Hi, it’s Satviki in Mumbai. President Donald Trump’s tariffs reached the health care sector last week. While levies are on patented drugs for now, the outsized reliance on Indian generics, especially ...
Adelante Valle

Desert Pharmacy offers no-cost birth control in clinical trial

EL CENTRO – Desert Pharmacy in El Centro is currently participating in a clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that provides no-cost contraceptive services to eligible ...
The Hill

Reproductive rights groups urge Trump officials to save birth control stockpile in Belgium

More than 70 reproductive groups are asking the Trump administration to call off the planned destruction of roughly $10 million of usable birth control products. Planned Parenthood is leading the most ...
Arizona Daily Star

OB/GYNs back over-the-counter birth control pills

WASHINGTON — No prescription or doctor’s exam needed: The nation’s largest group of obstetricians and gynecologists says birth control pills should be sold over the counter, like condoms. Tuesday’s ...
Times Union

Commentary: Increase birth control access by helping pharmacists provide it

Though pharmacists are allowed to prescribe birth control, we can boost the number who participate by offering guidance on state training, billing and workflow. Credit: Getty Images. The state ...
OPB

Over-the-counter pill has improved access to birth control, OHSU study says

The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of over-the-counter birth control pills two years ago. The decision has dramatically increased access to contraception, according to a new study from ...
The New York Times

Denmark Apologizes After Birth Control Scandal in Greenland

For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli The prime ...