No, Birth Control Won’t Make You Attracted to the ‘Wrong’ Person

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

Overwhelming Majority Of American Catholics Want Church To Change Stance On Birth Control, New Poll Says

An overwhelming majority of American Catholics think it's time for the church to change its longstanding ban on birth control, a new Pew Research Center poll showed Thursday, along with a slew of ...
The New York Times

‘Who Am I Without Birth Control?’

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

Huge new study on breast cancer and birth control shows how science can be distorted

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

Examining the facts about contraceptives as birth control misinformation spreads online

The birth control pill is one of the most common forms of contraception in the U.S. But in recent years, claims of side effects of the pill have filled social media platforms, often fueled by ...
PBS

After fall of Roe, anti-abortion activists take aim at birth control

Earlier this year, the Trump administration scrubbed CDC guidance on birth control from government websites and froze $65 million in funding to family planning clinics that provide free or low-cost ...
Mother Jones

The First National Data on Birth Control Post-Dobbs Is Here, and the News Is Not Good

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Now, in the first research to look at national trends in the use of birth control ...
CNN

Over-the-counter birth control pills have been available in the US for over a year. Here’s who’s using them

About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access ...
USA Today

Bill Gates helped fund birth control microchip but didn't invent it | Fact check

A Sept. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a picture of a gold microchip resting on a person's fingertip. “Bill Gates has invented a birth control microchip that can be switched on ...
Newsweek

Birth Control Pill Classified Carcinogenic: What We Know

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...
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Male Birth Control Pill Passes Early Safety Trials Without Any Side Effects

Male Birth Control: In a potential game-changer for reproductive health, a new male contraceptive pill has passed early-stage clinical trials without any reported side effects, marking a major step ...