Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

When you think about the common procedure of getting a contraceptive implant, it’s not often associated with open-heart surgery, but for one young Victorian woman, this is an uncomfortable reality.

As an OB-GYN training to be a complex family planning subspecialist at UC San Diego, I have seen misinformation about ...

The decision by Ascension comes less than a year after Tennessee Republicans passed House Bill 1044 into law last April. The law, otherwise known as the Medical Ethics Defense Act, grants doctors and ...

But you might pay nothing or only a small amount, depending on your health insurance. That's because most health insurance plans are required to cover at least one type of female sterilization surgery ...

Surgeon general pick Casey Means stood by her past claims that birth control has "horrifying health risks" and softened her tone during a confirmation hearing Wednesday. The big picture: Some pro-life ...