The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

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 ...

There are many different kinds of birth control—and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. Some methods rely on the hormone progestin ...

There are many different kinds of birth control and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. They range from those that rely on ...

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

For decades, women have claimed that they gained weight after getting on birth control. These concerns are so widespread that many people avoid all the methods of birth control just to avoid gaining ...

Millions of women worldwide rely on hormonal birth control methods to prevent pregnancy, but emerging research suggests certain contraceptive options may carry cardiovascular risks that deserve closer ...

Fertility awareness may be effective for birth control if people use it correctly and consistently, particularly if they use a combination of methods. Fertility awareness is a method for recognizing ...