Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration Wednesday in an effort to block conservative changes to Title X, a family planning grant program.
How the Christian Right is co-opting the women's rights movement to fight contraceptives in Africa.
Two potentially sweeping Supreme Court cases set the stage for a seismic shift in the battle over abortion and contraception.
They're the most effective method—perhaps because they're the most empowering.
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Female condoms are important because they're the one STI-preventing contraceptive that's woman-controlled.
A new IUD was made expressly to break down cost and trust barriers. Will it succeed?
A new, large analysis of previous studies finds being in abusive relationships makes women and girls less likely to use contraception of all kinds.
People, it seems, are comfortable talking about contraception and about girls living in poverty, but not about their periods, which remain a major hurdle to education in places where adequate facilities are non-existent.
On the likelihood of pregnancy, wanted or not.
It's time to stop focusing on population growth as the cause of our environmental problems. It’s not the main culprit, and the women of the world are already doing all they can to slow it. They just need more support.
Changes for abortion, contraception, and more top the agenda with Republicans in the majority in Congress and many state legislatures.
It’s a private health issue. And it affects us all.
A predecessor to the female condom was available nearly 100 years ago.
Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is undergoing a transformation.
A reading list on the Hobby Lobby cases.
As a way to politicize the issue, most media coverage of birth-control methods is focused on the potential complications of use, but far more women experience positive benefits, including cancer prevention and menstrual regulation.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says docs should pre-prescribe Plan B birth control to girls under 17.
IUDs are 20 times more effective at stopping unintended pregnancies than the pill. Why do so few American women use them?
One way America resembles the old Communist bloc can be found in the nexus of abortion and public health care.