Latest Birth control News
More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned
More women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, a new study shows, and the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. A research letter published Wednesday in JAMA examined insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 for around 4.8 million...
Alaska governor vetoes expanded birth control access as a judge strikes down abortion limits
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In competing developments about reproductive rights in the nation's largest state, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill to expand birth control access while a judge struck down decades-old restrictions on who could perform abortions. The Republican...
Supreme Court won't allow Oklahoma to reclaim federal money in dispute over abortion referrals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Oklahoma's emergency appeal seeking to restore a $4.5 million grant for family planning services in an ongoing dispute over the state’s refusal to refer pregnant women to a nationwide hotline that provides information about abortion and...
Condoms can't be trusted and boys don't cry in Catholic Paraguay's first sex ed program
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar's body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that...
WHO Europe laments declining rates of condom use among sexually active teens worldwide
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization's office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to central Asia. The findings come in the latest report by...
Appeals court spikes Tennessee's bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has shot down Tennessee's attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure. Last year,...
It’s not just IUDs. Gynecologists and patients are focused on making procedures less painful
Federal officials affirmed this month that the pain people might feel when getting an IUD can be more than doctors' promises of “just a pinch." The local anesthetic lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when inserting intrauterine devices, according to new...
North Carolina Medicaid recipients can obtain OTC birth control pills at pharmacies at no cost
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Medicaid recipients can begin receiving over-the-counter birth control pills at no cost this week through hundreds of participating pharmacies. The oral conceptive Opill will be covered and available without a prescription to Medicaid...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 27 The Washington Post on how the Pentagon can avoid stumbling As disinformation and misinformation become major tools of global conflict, democracies need to decide when and how they...
Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives cleared the Democratic majority Pennsylvania House on Tuesday, drawing dozens of Republican votes but facing an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled state Senate. The bill was approved 133-69, with 14 women...
