Since the 1960s, the contraceptive pill has been hailed as the gateway to sexual liberation and female empowerment – and has prevented millions of unwanted pregnancies. But in the UK, many women are ...
The combined oral contraceptive pill, also known as “The Pill” is under scrutiny on social media platforms such as TikTok, ...
The contraceptive landscape has remained largely unchanged for decades, with women shouldering most of the responsibility and physical burden of pregnancy prevention. But a significant shift appears ...
The study drug contained ethinyl estradiol (20 µg) and levonorgestrel (100 µg). The regimen consisted of 84 hormonally active pills followed by 7 days' worth of pills containing only ethinyl estradiol ...
A new study suggests that the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the U.S. is reaching people who previously had little or no access to contraception. Researchers at Oregon Health & ...
The reproductive health landscape in the U.S. keeps shifting, particularly since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Access to medications such as birth control and emergency contraception is also ...
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 ...