The study sought to answer questions about how breast cancer risk differs by type of hormonal contraceptive. Doctors say the ...

Some women are quitting hormonal birth control, even though they're not ready for pregnancy. Doctors warn some may be swayed ...

There's a battle being waged across the country between people who see birth control as essential for women's health, self-determination and to avoid abortions ‒ and those who claim some forms of ...

A GOP Senate candidate from Minnesota has said that he finds the number of women on birth control "concerning" because the pills not only change female hormones, but also change the kind of men women ...

For decades, abortion opponents swore that they had created a single-issue movement and had no interest in changing access to ...

S ocial media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Stephanie Gorton about how two women, Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett ...

Many women spend decades using birth control of one kind or another, except for when they’re trying to conceive or are pregnant. So when you know you’re done having babies or if you plan to stay child ...

When Bijoux, 41, got married in 2009, she knew she wanted to enjoy wedded bliss for a while without adding baby joy to the mix. She did her research, talked to her OB/GYN, and decided that an ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...