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After quitting most methods of birth control, you’ll return to normal fertility within a few menstrual cycles or sooner. The only real exception is the Depo-Provera shot, which has been shown to delay ...

Anti birth control types love to point out that women use birth control so that they can slut around without the risk of getting pregnant (God’s most precious, precious punishment). But new research ...

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

People who rely on birth control to deal with other health conditions are particularly worried about how misinformation about the drugs has entered the political sphere. Here's a fact about birth ...

A GOP Senate candidate from Minnesota has said that he finds the number of women on birth control "concerning" because the pills not only change female hormones, but also change the kind of men women ...

Medically reviewed by Alyssa Dweck, MS, MD, FACOG Aside from preventing pregnancy, birth control pills are commonly used to treat other issues like irregular menstrual cycles. Once you start taking ...

A new study shows access to birth control has increased following the FDA's approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill. In the two years since the pill went on the market, there's a 31.8% ...