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 ...

There are “two different Americas” when it comes to birth control, family planning experts say. A new report finds that only a third of states protect access to affordable contraception through their ...

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...

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 ...

The New York Times takes the pulse on the political issues involved here. Getting contraception on the list has been a major priority for reproductive health groups, who logically point out that high ...

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 ...

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

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 ...