Contraception

Changes to the Title X family planning programs have brought onboard a new kind of reproductive health clinic. What does that mean for patients?

In November of 2016, a lot of American women feared using access to contraception—so they got IUDs.

The two regulations, which would have let employers with "religious and moral objections" deny employees cost-free birth control coverage, briefly took effect Monday.

Ten additional states, and the District of Columbia, have joined lawsuits against the Trump administration, over allowing groups to opt out of covering birth control for their employees.

Mail-to-home abortion pills may be gaining in popularity, but the nationwide statistics we have only count clinic abortions.

President John Magufuli has suspended advertising by family planning organizations, raising outcry among human rights groups.

Texas offers Americans a glimpse into what the future may look like if the Trump administration passes new reproductive rules.

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.