Your years at university present a unique time of spontaneous interactions. This exploration should come with the knowledge and power to control your reproductive health. You might be considering ...

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 ...

Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, leaving states to decide whether or not to allow abortion within their borders, it's understandable that some people have been thinking about their birth ...

Contraception cannot be handled with a one-size fits all approach. Women often try several types of birth control before finding one that works best. A new study at the University of Utah Health finds ...

The misclassification of contraception as abortion by anti-abortion lawmakers is an alarming step down a path toward government control over women’s bodies and futures. Birth control pills sit on a ...

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The VTE rate ratios were significantly greater for all forms of hormonal contraception, except for progestin-only pills, compared with non-use. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) continues to be a risk ...

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization eliminated a nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion and returned the authority to regulate ...

On Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help ensure that all women have full access ...

Symptoms of some autoimmune illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or MS, can sometimes seem to improve during pregnancy. But most don’t. Pregnancy also can affect different autoimmune diseases ...