There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for ...

As an OB-GYN training to be a complex family planning subspecialist at UC San Diego, I have seen misinformation about ...

Background: More than 30% of the pregnancies in women aged 35 and over are unintended. This paper compares perceptions about contraceptive methods and use among women with and without an unintended ...

The teen birth rate in the U.S. has been declining consistently for more than 30 years, despite the fact that the number of teenage girls having sex has not changed since at least 2002. A new report ...

New digital contraceptive methods, such as apps or wearables to determine fertile days, are gaining in popularity. University of Amsterdam medical anthropologist Ellen Algera and her colleagues ...

Explore safe, hormone-free birth control options and say goodbye to the contraceptive pill without compromising your body.

Emergency contraceptive pills, often called the “morning-after pill,” are widely used as a quick solution after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure. For many women, they offer reassurance and ...

The vaginal contraceptive ring represents one of the more recent innovations in hormonal birth control, offering a unique delivery system that combines convenience with effectiveness. Unlike daily ...

YCT-529 inhibits retinoic acid receptor alpha to suppress sperm production reversibly. Currently in Phase 1b/2a trials, the compound has shown promise in preclinical models and aims to expand ...

Rates of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) prescriptions in the least deprived areas are more than 30% higher than ...