Futurism

Woman Gets Off Birth Control Because Influencers Told Her To, Immediately Gets Pregnant by Mistake

On TikTok and Instagram, a chorus of young influencers are advising women in their age bracket to ditch their hormonal birth control pills, saying they cause a cavalcade of problems for physical and ...
KQED

Influencers Criticize Birth Control and Push 'Natural' Methods. Here's What to Know

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...
The New York Times

‘Who Am I Without Birth Control?’

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...
The New York Times

Denmark Apologizes After Birth Control Scandal in Greenland

For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli The prime ...
AOL

Denmark apologises for involuntary birth control in Greenland

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark publicly apologised on Wednesday to Greenlandic women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign, amid efforts by Copenhagen to repair ...
Yahoo

This Crunchy, MAHA-Inspired Birth Control Method Is Trending At The Worst Possible Time

TiKTokers ― some of whom bill themselves as “holistic healers” ― have been arguing that hormonal birth control comes with too many risk to be safe to use. Illustration: Kelly Caminero/HuffPost; Photo: ...
The Business Journals

Suwanee company raising millions following approval of birth-control product

The company, headquartered in Suwanee, develops fertility and birth control products for women. Made in Georgia Hear from industry leaders and policy experts as they discuss the rapid evolution of ...
CBS News

Nearly a third of people using over-the-counter birth control pills previously used nothing, study finds

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...
CNN

Over-the-counter birth control pills have been available in the US for over a year. Here’s who’s using them

About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access ...
The Conversation

Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

Samira Mehta receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, ...
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Do You Ovulate on Birth Control? What You Need to Know

Many people assume that once you start taking “the pill” or using other hormonal contraceptives, ovulation completely stops. While that’s true for most users, there are situations where ovulation can ...