New conversations are sparking around birth control pills and cancer. The World Health Organization has classified combined oral contraceptive pills as Group 1 carcinogens since 2008. Data suggests ...

While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...

A Texas mother of two, Brianna Henderson, was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal heart condition after having her ...

Hormonal birth control helps acne because it lowers the androgens causing breakouts. Learn which types of birth control work ...

A crumpled foil pack of oral contraceptive pills. There are three types of birth control pills. They all work by releasing synthetic hormones to prevent pregnancy, but they do have different side ...

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly introduced the Access to Birth Control Act, which would guarantee timely access to birth control at pharmacies.

A new law is passed to expand birth control prescriptions. Right now, the state only allows for a three-month prescription, ...

Tennessee is poised to become the first, and only, southern state to codify protections for IVF and birth control into law. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) In a legislative session dominated by the GOP ...

Birth control pills are generally safe, effective, and well-tolerated. People who don’t smoke should be able to take birth control pills until menopause or until they no longer need them.

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic could mess with your birth control — and get you pregnant By McKenzie Beard Published June 7, 2025, 10:10 a.m. ET ...

U.K. regulators issued guidance on Thursday, warning weight loss and diabetes medications may weaken the effectiveness of birth control and may be harmful in pregnancy.

Among her peers, she says, there’s a running joke that birth control for men has been “a couple years away for 50 years.” But, she adds, it finally feels within reach.