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With the approval of the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive, pharmacists stand to play an ever-increasing role in helping expand access to reproductive health care in the post-Roe era.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone keeps the drug accessible for now, but its future is still in limbo.
A computer modelling study suggests that oestrogen levels could get lowered by as much as 92%.
It was previously thought that only combined hormonal contraceptives carried an elevated breast cancer risk.
There’s a long history in our society of period pain being played down, or just considered “normal”. But there’s plenty of evidence in the historical records that women have always experienced it.
The term voluntary sterilization, referring to the choice to receive permanent birth control, arose as a contrast to the involuntary, or forced, sterilization that stems from the eugenics movement.
Some states already allow pharmacists to provide birth control to patients with a prescription. But FDA approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill could greatly expand access.
Research shows hormonal contraceptives may have small but significant effects on behaviour.
If you’re preparing to come off the pill, it’s hard to know what to expect, particularly if you’ve been on it for a long time.
The hormones in the pill can cause or exacerbate depression, and the type you use is an important factor.
Any effects you might notice after stopping birth control are typically due to the return of your natural menstrual cycle.
With the Supreme Court likely to strike down constitutional protection for abortion, a centuries-old debate over its morality and legality has been reignited.
Some evidence shows that hormonal fluctuations throughout the menstrual cycle can both increase and decrease athletic performance.
Doctors hear many of the same basic questions about sex from their patients.
The ban on the pill led to much sorrow and frustration, but determined couples found imaginative ways to cope and work around it.
Long-term or historical use of oral contraceptives may lead to an increased risk of depression in later years; understanding the risk will better inform the decision whether or not to take the pill.
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
Men want to have a say in conversations about contraception – but they’re worried about imposing on women’s autonomy.
Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Professor in Gender History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
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Reader in History and Deputy Dean of Humanities (Research), University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Deputy Director of Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
