Birth control became legal in the U.S. for married couples in the mid 1960s, and a few years later for unmarried people. But ...

The risks of an unintended pregnancy in many states in the U.S. are now much greater, and the need for effective birth control has only risen. Having eroded abortion rights, the GOP insists that ...

The FDA Just Approved the First-Ever Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill in the United States Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, should be available at pharmacies in 2024.

One year after Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should reconsider whether the Constitution affords Americans a right to birth control, Democrats and reproductive rights advocates are ...

Federal regulators Thursday approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill available in the United States, a milestone in decades-long efforts to make oral contraceptives easier to obtain ...

How Birth Control Advocates Shook Up the Suffrage Movement Stephanie Gorton explores the prudish side of the women’s rights movement in The Icon & The Idealist Nov 17, 2024 9:00 AM ...

In her gripping double biography of these two foremothers of the American birth control movement, “The Icon and the Idealist,” Stephanie Gorton skillfully depicts the grueling decades-long ...

In 1934, there were about 200 birth control clinics throughout the United States. And by the end of the decade, approximately 300,000 women had paid one of them a visit.

By allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control, ... There are now 21 jurisdictions in the United States that allow pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives: Arizona, Arkansas, ...

Women in states with the most restrictive abortion laws have also become less likely to access some forms of birth control, a new study suggests. CNN values your feedback 1.

Another reproductive health battle has been won, as the FDA voted to approve the United States' first over-the-counter birth control pill.. The Associated Press reported Thursday, July 13, that ...