Search results for "birth control"
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460AnalysisBirth control can now be dispensed over-the-counter in North Carolina
North Carolina women no longer need a prescription for several of the most common types of birth control. The law making birth control...
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685IssuesPlanned Parenthood celebrates ‘Thanks, Birth Control Day’ but omits key facts
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) celebrated ‘Thanks, Birth Control Day’ in a press statement on November 17, calling it “a national celebration of the...
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1.4KAnalysis‘The Business of Birth Control’ documentary explores birth control’s costs from secular perspective
A recently released documentary, The Business of Birth Control, takes a deep dive into the troubling origins and frequently unacknowledged costs of hormonal birth...
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1.3KNewsbreakBiden-Harris administration dismantles rule requiring abortion and birth control funding to be separate
President Biden has made good on his threat to undo the changes made to the Title X program by the Trump administration,...
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1.3KIssuesComparing the risks and side effects of hormonal birth control vs. natural fertility awareness
While some have attempted to claim that pregnancy risks are greater than hormonal birth control risks, this is not an apples to apples...
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609AnalysisIs being on birth control safer than being pregnant?
We’ve all heard the now-debunked claim that abortion is 10 or even 14 times safer than childbirth. But recently, the executive director...
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1.3KNewsbreakIllinois governor signs bill allowing pharmacists to dispense birth control with no physician involvement
UPDATE, 7/22/21: Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 0135 into law. Upon signing the bill, Pritzker stated, according to WANDTV.com: This...
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3.8KAnalysisAre birth control and abortion connected? Here are the facts.
Author and journalist Molly Jong-Fast penned the Vogue article, “The Anti-Birth Control Movement is the New Anti-Abortion Movement,” cutting right to the...
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894IssuesSouth Carolina woman receives $600k settlement after birth control implant migrated
According to a local news channel in Beaufort County, South Carolina, an unnamed county resident recently received a $600,000 settlement from the state’s...
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1.3KInternationalOne-third of women seeking abortion in Ireland were using birth control
A study of abortion in Ireland has revealed that one-third of women who sought an abortion were using birth control when they...
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2.1KAnalysis
Teen’s massive stroke and subsequent coma attributed to hormonal birth control
When she was 15 years old, Tria Potts was put on birth control to manage painful and heavy periods. Tragically, she then...
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5.8KIssuesMan didn’t give bus seat to pregnant single mom because ‘birth control and abortions are free’
A man who refused to give up his seat on the bus to a pregnant single mother is asking whether he was...
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1.1KInternational
TikTok user: EU nations halt vaccine over blood clot risk but won’t halt even riskier birth control
According to Newsweek, some countries in the European Union are considering stopping, or have stopped, the rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine because...
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756AnalysisAustralian doctors instructed not to prescribe hormonal birth control with ‘unacceptably high risks’
Doctors in Australia have been instructed not to prescribe Microgynon 50, a contraceptive pill that is said to have an “unacceptably high”...
