Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

For decades, far-right political agendas have targeted contraceptive access, portraying hormonal birth control as unsafe — or ...

I can hardly remember a time when I wasn’t on birth control. Doctors put me on the pill at 16 to help manage the agonisingly heavy periods that had plagued me since I was 11 years old. For me, getting ...

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 ...

For decades, access to birth control has helped to ensure that more pregnancies are planned and made it easier for women to maintain control over their own bodies. As President Trump continues to ...

Birth control can make your boobs grow because it can cause water retention in your breasts. IUDs are unlikely to increase breast size because they either contain no hormones or just progestin. Birth ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

Thanks to TikToks, sketchy health blogs, and Thanksgiving soapboxes courtesy of your toxic aunt, the rumor that birth control affects your ability to perform athletically has been spread far and wide ...

After getting an IUD, one woman started noticing unexpected hair changes – in places she'd already had laser removal. Here’s why it happens, and what to know before you book in I can hardly remember a ...