Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) can prevent pregnancy for up to three months, and is available in a form that can be ...

A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long ...

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

For years, preventing pregnancy in the US has meant choosing between the lesser of several annoyances: remembering a daily ...

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here's what the debate is missing.

A new study shows many doctors do not offer self-injected birth control, even though it is safe and effective.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can hardly remember a time when I wasn’t on birth control. Doctors put me on the pill at 16 to help ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...

From overlooked side effects to misleading claims online, a variety of forces are fueling skepticism around the drugs, which decades of research... Why some young women are questioning their birth ...