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LifestyleAgency warns that weight-loss drugs can decrease effectiveness of birth control pills
By Beth GreenfieldJune 5, 2025
NewslettersThe companies betting on male birth control step closer to approval—and into an uncertain political chapter
By Nina AjemianNovember 29, 2024
PoliticsWorld’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 22, 2024
HealthBiden announces plans for free birth control without a prescription
By AFPOctober 21, 2024
Meryem Bakache and baby
PoliticsA baby who lived for 40 minutes inspired a network of refuge for pregnant women in post-Roe America
By Tiffany Stanley and The Associated PressAugust 2, 2024
HealthRate of young women getting sterilized doubled after ‘Roe’ was overturned
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR and KFF Health NewsJune 27, 2024
woman holding baby
MPWThe economy is moving us back into the 19th century as fertility rates plunge
By Sydney LakeApril 26, 2024
NewslettersThe WNBA has partnered with Glossier and Skims—now it’s added Opill, the new over-the-counter birth control
By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey AbramsApril 11, 2024
HealthFirst over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores
By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2024
FeaturesEvofem, the startup trying to survive the broken birth-control market, finally sells itself
By Maria AspanDecember 13, 2023
HealthEmergency contraception pill Plan B is 30% more effective when taken with this drug, new research shows
By Erin PraterAugust 16, 2023
HealthFirst U.S. over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval and will be available early next year
By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2023
President Biden addresses a campaign rally
FeaturesPresident Biden’s new executive order could help American women get better birth control
By Maria AspanJune 27, 2023
HealthAn FDA panel just voted unanimously in favor of over-the-counter birth control paving the way for nationwide access
By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressMay 10, 2023
HealthThe FDA is considering an over-the-counter birth control pill for the first time ever
By Matthew Perrone and The Associated PressMay 5, 2023
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