Free birth control could soon be a reality. A medical advisory panel from the Institute of Medicine--a non-partisan group--recommended to the Health and Human Services Department eight services for ...

Initially, the controversy over President Obama’s proposal that all insurers cover contraception focused on religious liberty. After polls revealed that 98% of sexually active Catholic women have used ...

WASHINGTON — Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama ...

For hating on your babymaker so hard, the government sure is spending a lot of time down there. Just ask Planned Parenthood: There’s a lot of womb-shaming here in Texas. But finally, finally, a ...

I recently became sexually active, and I feel like it’s good idea for me to go on birth control. However, I have a medical condition that precludes me from using any medications that involve estrogen.

What would happen if women at risk for unintended pregnancies received the birth control of their choice — especially the more effective kinds — at no cost? The national abortion rate would plummet, ...

Free birth control will be available to all Tricare users after more than a decade of efforts to eliminate copays for contraception for military families were finally successful in this year's annual ...

Dr. Anna Peoples, who runs Peoples Pharmacy, said the process is simple and designed to remove barriers to care. "The pharmacy actually is a one-stop shop," Dr. Peoples said. "So, folks can come here, ...

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