Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

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 ...

Birth control in the US right now is full of contradictions.

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 ...

Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans and polls show people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible. But the Trump administration is walking back ...

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 ...

When it comes to birth control, most women think about preventing pregnancy, but what if we told you that your contraceptive pill might be affecting more than just your reproductive system? Looks like ...

The use of combined hormonal contraceptives is linked to a reduced risk for major heart issues in women regardless of ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

Women across the country bonded online over their “Ozempic babies” – surprise pregnancies while taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro, despite being on birth control or having a history ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...