Hormonal birth control pills contain estrogen and progestin, which help regulate a woman's hormone levels to halt ovulation and prevent pregnancy.

It takes one week for oral birth control to work or to start working again if you missed two pills. Copper IUDS work up to five days retroactively.

Decreased libido isn't listed on most birth control pill information leaflets. Yet, research shows it can affect libido — just not for everyone. https://p.dw.com/p ...

Less than half of female adolescents and young women can correctly answer questions about how contraceptives work, according to a new nationally representative survey published in the Journal of ...

Myths about birth control have long proliferated in the US (thanks in part to the abysmal state of sex ed), but recent events have amplified their spread—namely, the rise of influencers sharing ...

Side Effects of Birth Control Pills: If you take contraceptive pills then be careful, because such medicines can increase the risk of breast cancer. Side Effects of Birth Control Pills: Women resort ...

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, ...

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. On Thursday, a spokeswoman for U.S.A.I.D. — which ...

I’ve been with my boyfriend for over a year. We don’t live together and are both employed, with him making about a third more than I. While initially dating, we each provided condoms at our respective ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Trump administration’s incorrect characterization of birth control as abortifacients, or substances used to terminate a pregnancy, has raised criticism from contraception ...

This is the first in a two-part episode on Male Birth Control. The next episode will be released 9/26. GRACE AIGNER: Hi everyone! I’m Grace Aigner from the Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In ...