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RETURN OF THE RHYTHM METHOD HOW NATURAL CONTRACEPTION WENT DIGITAL
Natural Cycles, which costs ?39.99 a year, was developed by particle physicist Elina Berglund, who previously worked at Cern... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER RISK SAID LOW WITH HORMONE CONTRACEPTIVES BUT RISES WITH LONG-TERM USE
Current and recent use of hormonal contraceptives was associated with a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer... READ MORE›
IUD PROGRAM LEADS TO DECLINE IN TEEN PREGNANCIES, ABORTIONS
Colorado law allows those under 18 to give consent on birth control services... READ MORE›
WEST AFRICA POPULATION PLANNERS BATTLE TO WOO MUSLIM HEARTS
On Niger's religious TV stations, preachers promise hellfire for anyone practicing family planning... READ MORE›
INDIA: WHY ARE CONDOMS UNPOPULAR IN THIS COUNTRY?
On the other hand, female sterilization is the preferred family planning method among Indian couples... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH TO OFFER STERILISATION TO ROHINGYA IN REFUGEE CAMPS
In Rakhine they did not go to family planning clinics, fearing the Myanmar authorities would give medicine that harms them or their children, Sultana said... READ MORE›
PSAC CALLING ON GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND COVERAGE OF CONTRACEPTIVES
The United Nations has informed the Canadian government about improving access to birth control and sexual health, she added... READ MORE›
MEDICAL GUIDELINES TO HELP WOMEN WITH HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING
Hysterectomy used to be one of the few options for women with heavy menstrual bleeding, but there are now several less invasive treatment options... READ MORE›
CAN AN APP REALLY PROVIDE EFFECTIVE BIRTH CONTROL?
Raoul Scherwitzl co-founded Natural Cycles with his wife, Eleni Berglund Scherwitzl, after developing the technology for their own use... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S HEALTH DOCS SAY TRUMP IGNORES BIRTH CONTROL SCIENCE
Although the regulations ultimately concern matters of conscience and religious teaching, they also dive into medical research and scholarly studies on birth control... READ MORE›
TRUMP UNDERMINES U.S. BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE REQUIREMENT
It was unclear how many employers would actually drop birth control coverage on religious grounds, and there were significant doubts that many big ones would... READ MORE›
SAFE ZONES FOR ABORTION CLINICS COULD APPLY TO PHARMACIES, MEDICAL CLINICS
Other facilities that provide abortion services, like hospitals, health centres and pharmacies, would be able to apply to get safe access zones, said Naqvi... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S ONE-TWO PUNCH HITS BIRTH CONTROL, LGBT RIGHTS
In a one-two punch elating religious conservatives, President Donald Trump's administration is allowing more employers to opt out of no-cost birth control... READ MORE›
TRUMP ROLLS BACK ACCESS TO FREE BIRTH CONTROL
But the requirement included a provision that permitted religious institutions to forgo birth control coverage for their employees... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF NHS VASECTOMIES FALLS BY 63% IN 10 YEARS
The number of vasectomies performed in NHS hospitals and sexual health clinics has dropped by 63 percent in a decade, figures show... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ISSUES ORDER TO LET EMPLOYERS REFUSE NO-COST BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
Employers with religious or moral qualms will also be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others... READ MORE›
BIRTH CONTROL: TRUMP EXPANDS OPT-OUT FOR WORKPLACE INSURANCE
Employers with religious or moral qualms will also be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others... READ MORE›
BIRTH CONTROL PROVISION OBLIGATION WEAKENED IN TRUMP REFORM TO 'OBAMACARE'
President Donald Trump will allow more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections... READ MORE›
ACLU SUES TO CHALLENGE FDA LIMITS ON ACCESS TO ABORTION PILL
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued in a challenge to federal restrictions that limit many women's access to the so-called abortion pill... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Birth Control
BARACK OBAMA MOVES TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR ABORTION CLINICS FROM ATTACK BY DONALD TRUMP'S REPUBLICANS
Barack Obama is moving to protect funding for abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood from political attack... READ MORE›
CLINICS FOR WORLDS VULNERABLE BRACE FOR TRUMPS ANTI-ABORTION CUTS
Her group, which is part of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, does not use American funding for abortion services, she said, only for family planning... READ MORE›
A PAID HOUR A WEEK FOR SEX SWEDISH TOWN CONSIDERS IT
Sweden has been at the forefront of European countries seeking to engender employee satisfaction... READ MORE›
MALE CONTRACEPTIVE JAB ALMOST AS EFFECTIVE AS FEMALE PILL, TRIAL SHOWS
Results could pave the way for men and women to share equal responsibility for birth control, despite unpleasant side-effects that halted the study early... READ MORE›
ONE OF THE MOST CATHOLIC COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL GIVE FREE BIRTH CONTROL TO MILLIONS OF WOMEN
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered agencies to ensure that 6 million Filipino women have access to birth control... READ MORE›
SUCCESSFUL MALE CONTRACEPTIVE GEL TRIAL BRINGS NEW FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL CLOSER
Catherine VandeVoort, of the California National Primate Research Centre and the study's lead author, said Men's options for contraception have not changed much in decades... READ MORE›
ISIS PUSHES BIRTH CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SEX-SLAVE SUPPLY
In its own manual, the Islamic State outlines the abstinence method as one option... READ MORE›
VENEZUELAN WOMEN'S RESPONSE TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC CRISIS
Abache, the PLAFAM director, said some black-market vendors are selling fake contraceptive methods... READ MORE›
HOUSE VOTE PAVES THE WAY FOR STATES TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
A federal judge ruled last summer that Florida could not block Title X funds to Planned Parenthood... READ MORE›
THIS WEEK SHOWED THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE MORAL COMPASS OF A CHILD
There's not much I can say about Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement that hasn't already been said... READ MORE›
DUREX WANTS TO BREAK INDIA'S CONDOM-BUYING TABOO
Jeans are easier to buy than condoms in India... READ MORE›
CHINA'S LACK OF SEX EDUCATION IS PUTTING MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK
At Tsinghua, students take sex education classes where they learn basic knowledge about sex safety, condom use, etc... READ MORE›
'THE MESSAGING IN THE VIDEO SHOWN WAS IRRESPONSIBLE, IT WAS MEDICALLY INACCURATE, IT WAS THEOLOGICAL'
Stasia said the use of tax dollars to fund fear-based' sexual education in public classrooms is completely unacceptable... READ MORE›
INDIA TO CHANGE ITS DECADES-OLD RELIANCE ON FEMALE STERILIZATION
And it is Mr. Modi's socially conservative Bharatiya Janata Party that has broken with decades of resistance to injectables... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL THE STATE ASSAULT ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Meanwhile, in Indiana, funding cuts forced the closing in 2013 of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Scott County, which was the area's only H.I.V... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC LEADERS SAY ZIKA DOESNT CHANGE BAN ON CONTRACEPTION
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, who serves on Pope Francis' nine-member advisory council, denounced the notion of therapeutic abortions for women carrying babies with microcephaly... READ MORE›
WHY IS A CONDOM ADVERT ANGERING INDIANS?
The advert doesn't mention the word condom, but it uses double entendre to encourage youths to use Manforce condoms in the name of Navratri festival... READ MORE›
SEX BAN RECOMMENDED FOR BRITISH TOURISTS IN FLORIDA AFTER ZIKA OUTBREAK
An outbreak of four mosquito-transmitted cases yesterday prompted Public Health England PHE to advise pregnant women to consider postponing non-essential travel to the southern US state... READ MORE›
COMMENT: WOMEN DON'T NEED TO HAVE PERIODS
Prior to taking birth control, her periods had been irregular... READ MORE›
BETTER ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL WOULD LIFT MANY WOMEN OUT OF POVERTY, MELINDA GATES SAYS
How do you think this new direction will impact American women's access to family planning and abortions?... READ MORE›
M BIRTHS PREVENTED: WHAT CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY DID TO ITS POPULATION - VIDEO
Births increased by 7.9 percent in 2016 to 17.86 million, according to China's National Health and Family Planning Commission... READ MORE›
TRUMP RULE WOULD EXPAND EMPLOYER EXEMPTIONS, MAKE IT EASIER TO DENY BIRTH-CONTROL COVERAGE
More than 55 million women have birth-control coverage without out-of-pocket costs, according to a study commissioned by the Obama administration and cited in the draft rule... READ MORE›
TOM PRICE COULD END ACA'S FREE BIRTH CONTROL
Price's record the full examination it deserves, said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America... READ MORE›
WOMEN ACROSS US PLANNING TO GET IUDS BEFORE TRUMP POSSIBLY REMOVES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
In particular, Andrea DeBruler wanted to know why they supported a bill that would have prevented women from getting abortions even if a foetus was deformed... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE USES BIRTH CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SUPPLY OF SEX SLAVES
Modern methods allow the Islamic State to keep up its systematic rape of captives under medieval codes... READ MORE›
BIRTH RATE SOARS IN JORDAN REFUGEE CAMP AS HUSBANDS DISCOURAGE WIVES FROM USING CONTRACEPTION
Originally from Hama in Syria, Kawatr came to Jordan three years ago, and gave birth to her youngest child, Taybeh, here... READ MORE›
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SEES SURGE IN NYC AFTER TRUMP'S ELECTION
I stopped working for six months and went to Planned Parenthood for birth control and it was very cost-effective, Annie said... READ MORE›
INDONESIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK FEATURING MASTURBATION PROMPTS APOLOGY
Indonesia is a largely conservative country where the school curriculum is yet to adopt sexual education... READ MORE›
WHO ADVISES WOMEN TO DELAY PREGNANCY OVER ZIKA VIRUS THREAT
World Health Organisation issues advice to millions of people in regions affected by virus that can cause severe birth defects and microcephaly... READ MORE›
DO YOU THINK THE MORNING-AFTER PILL IS TOO EXPENSIVE IN THE UK?
Boots has been criticised for refusing to lower the cost of the morning-after pill for fear it would incentivising inappropriate use ... READ MORE›