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.
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A computer modelling study suggests that oestrogen levels could get lowered by as much as 92%.
British Columbia’s move to provide free contraceptives is a positive step that fully embraces sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone in post-Roe North America.
It was previously thought that only combined hormonal contraceptives carried an elevated breast cancer risk.
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.
There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
Although the study found greater risk of blood clots for obese women taking the pill, the risk of developing one was still very low.
Primary care doctors have long played an important role in providing birth control. Now, with the fall of Roe, they could help fill a critical need for comprehensive family planning services.
As more younger, single men ask for one following the Supreme Court abortion decision, a urologist explains what to expect with a vasectomy.
Some reasons people oppose abortion seem to be at odds with other positions they hold. Evolutionary social science points to a surprising motivation for anti-abortion attitudes.
Many people do not realize they are delivering at a Catholic hospital, and others may not have a choice. But where one receives care has a profound impact on the birth control options they’re offered.
Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
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.
The Supreme Court is considering a case that could restrict abortions. One argument is that birth control eliminates the need for abortion. But contraception doesn’t offer an easy fix.
Growing applications of nanotechnology include using nanorods for male birth control. The technique has had some success in animals, and offers the potential of human male contraception.
Governments declined to take part in the Uyghur Tribunal’s investigation. But the body of scholarly evidence for its claims, and its ruling, is thorough and extensive.
In past rulings, the court has acknowledged that there’s a connection between the ability of women to control their reproductive lives and the economic health of the nation.
The exceptional measures deployed around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic have impeded access to urgent services like birth control, abortion and maternal and newborn care.
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Law, Politics and Society, Drake University
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Chair of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St Louis
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Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and founding director of the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University
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Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Humanities Dean and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Economics, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
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Professor Speciality of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney
