Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been available in the United States for more than two decades, yet a new ...

Forty-five years after imposing a drastic birth control policy on the country, China now faces an unprecedented challenge: too few children. Beijing, aware of the demographic imbalance that threatens ...

For decades, far-right political agendas have targeted contraceptive access, portraying hormonal birth control as unsafe — or ...

Childbirth doesn’t have to look one way. Around the world, and increasingly in India, more parents are exploring birth ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has held an ...

The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While birth ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

Taking birth control pills can hide symptoms of menopause, making it hard to know when menopause starts If you're over 50 and taking birth control, your healthcare provider might suggest stopping it ...

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...