birth control

For women looking to prevent pregnancy, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill will be available for purchase this month.

For women looking to prevent pregnancy, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill will be available for purchase this month.

Scientists are saying a new male contraceptive was found to be 99% effective in mice during trials earlier this year, and human trials are set to begin by the end of 2022.

I am not excited about this. Why? Because the injection site apparently has to be the crotch.

More teens are opting to use the morning after pill as a way of preventing unplanned pregnancies.

The companies are willing to cover most methods of contraception, as long as they can exclude drugs or devices that the government says may work after an egg has been fertilized.

Governor Jindal has said some interesting things after the election.  One of the most interesting happened a few days ago when he mentioned that he thought birth control pills should be sold over the counter.  Jindal gave his reasons in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, saying, As a conservative Republican, I believe that we have been stupid to let the Democrats demagogue the contraceptiv

The United Nations has now declared that contraception is a universal human right for women and adolescents.  That appears in an annual report from their population fund.  The report is a non-binding one and has no legal effect.  That said, it will likely stir up trouble for those against the idea...

August 1 marks the day when a key provision of President Obama’s health care reform law goes into effect: private insurance companies now must provide contraception and many women’s preventive services for free. But because insurance in general can be complicated, there are some things you’ll need to know.

The federal lawsuit filed in Alexandria on behalf of Louisiana College in Pineville claims the school's religious freedoms are violated by new rules requiring contraception coverage. Republican state lawmakers in some states have filed bills that would allow insurance companies to ignore the provision, which is part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

The Obama Administration recently approved new regulations that would require religious organizations to include birth control as a part of their benefits to employees.  Catholic leaders are criticizing the President, saying that he went against a promise he made in a speech at Notre Dame in 2009...