Nick couldn’t believe so many of his friends had become accidental fathers when he returned to the Philippines after five years overseas.
“There are still a lot of people who just don’t buy condoms,” said the 29-year-old business student.
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Teenagers are leaving York County to have abortions, possibly to avoid Pennsylvania laws that require parental consent for minors and a 24-hour waiting period for all women.
But no one knows how many or, of those who leave, how many do so without a parent or guardian. Representatives of several organizations said those statistics do not […]
Birth control pills have been around for over 40-years with little change, but now, several new options are making their way onto the market, and they offer several added benefits, including far fewer menstrual periods.
It is part of what experts call a new era in birth control for women.
Traditional birth control pills were 21 days […]
Organon USA will soon begin training doctors to implant a contraceptive rod called Implanon.
The FDA approved it Monday.
The birth control is designed to be inserted underneath the skin of the upper arm and provides 99 percent protection for up to three years.
It will be the first contraceptive implant sold in the U.S. since sales of […]
This is turning out to be a pivotal year in birth control.
In the last six months, the Food and Drug Administration has approved an oral contraceptive that eliminates a monthly menstrual period, and can prevent mood swings and other side effects. It also has approved two others that feature shorter periods. And soon it’s expected […]
Nate Lewis ought to be bitter.
The new starting tailback for the Southern Michigan Timberwolves spent five years in state prison for a crime the courts now say he did not commit.
“Everything happens for a reason,” he said before practicing with Monroe County’s semipro football team last week. “Prison is something I wouldn’t wish on my […]
JANE, a university student in a province near Metro Manila, had sexual relations with different men. By the time she was 24, she was still studying and had already undergone three abortions.
Dean Antonio Jose Torralba of the University of Asia and the Pacific’s College of Arts and Sciences said Jane’s case is not isolated […]
The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined the recent expansion of birth control options in the U.S., including oral contraceptives that can reduce or eliminate monthly menstrual periods. FDA earlier this year approved the oral contraceptives YAZ and Loestrin 24 Fe, which are taken once a day for 24 days followed by four days of […]
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management plans to give 24 older wild horses birth control shots as part of an ongoing effort to help limit the population and address concerns about conditions on the Pryor Mountain horse range in Montana and Wyoming.
The agency, which has used birth control in select mares since 2001, […]
Birth control. It’s used by 98 percent of American women. It’s healthy, safe, and effective. It reduces the number of abortions. It’s basic health care. We can all agree on that much, right?
Apparently not. Leaders from the ultra-conservative right are determined to paint birth control as evil, just as they’ve tried to do with abortion. […]