As someone who's been on one form of birth control or another since I was 18, I often take it for granted. I take for granted that although the very first oral contraceptive, Enovoid, was approved by ...

No matter how many alarms and reminders you set, taking your birth control pill at the same time every day can be tricky. But it is important, and can be even more so depending on the type of birth ...

I'm a woman with a full-time career as a doctor, and I have a family, so I know how precious time is. It's precious not only in my daily activities but also in my clinic visits, where both patients ...

On November 7th, 2018, the Trump administration announced their plan to weaken the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate. Specifically, Trump wants to let employers deny their employees ...

Editor’s Note (7/11/22): This article is being repromoted because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received the first application to make oral birth control available without a prescription.

No one can argue that birth control has, and continues to provide women the power to decide their own destiny. Yet this year’s Women’s History Month comes at a time when many in our nation want to ...

When I got my period for the first time in sixth grade, my mom spread the news to the rest of my extended Dominican family without asking me or giving me a warning. While I was scared and mortified by ...

The oral contraceptive pill is one of the most popular forms of birth control but, like many other methods, it has one important flaw: it only works if people take it ...

A doctor may prescribe the birth control pill (BCP) before starting in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. It can help improve the effectiveness of the procedure by scheduling the optimal timing for ...

Congressman Marc Veasey proudly represents Texas’ Congressional District 33 in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Tonya, live in the ...