Since We Last Spoke: Texas Turns to IUDs in the Delivery Room
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
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Five Studies: Why IUDs Are Poised to Become the Future of Birth Control
They're the most effective method—perhaps because they're the most empowering.
The Future of Birth Control
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
The Promise of Extending IUD Access to All Women
A new IUD was made expressly to break down cost and trust barriers. Will it succeed?
We Have Less Control Over Our Reproductive Bodies Than We Think
On the likelihood of pregnancy, wanted or not.
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting
IUDs are 20 times more effective at stopping unintended pregnancies than the pill. Why do so few American women use them?