Women

HHS Eliminates CDC Staff Who Oversee Birth Control Safety

Rachana Pradhan / KFF Health News Jul 1, 2025 Trump's team dismissed the CDC team that set national standards for prescribing contraception to women with underlying medical conditions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Books

‘Keep Her Body from Pain and Her Mind from Worry’

Stephanie Gorton / History News Network Nov 22, 2024 A history of the birth-control movement in literature. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Birth Controlled

Christopher Weyant May 6, 2024 Dig deeper

Women

FDA Approves First Daily Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

Lucas Berenbrok, Marian Jarlenski / The Conversation Jul 17, 2023 A pharmacist and public health expert explain this new era in contraception. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rules Involving Abortions

GENE JOHNSON / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program for low-income women are barred from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Administration Over Birth Control Access

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 2, 2018 Trading in contraceptive methods for shame- and abstinence-based programs "is wrong, it's bad for public health, and it’s outside the law," a plaintiff says of the federal guidelines. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teens Say Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Worth Keeping

Jane Kay / Reveal Oct 18, 2017 Educators and health researchers worry that youth pregnancies could climb again with the Trump administration's stance on prevention and sex ed programs. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump Rolls Back Employer Birth Control Mandate

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / AP Oct 6, 2017 The president issues new rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptives to women by claiming religious or moral objections. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oregon Passes Nation’s ‘Most Progressive’ Reproductive Rights Bill

Emma Niles / Truthdig Aug 16, 2017 The Reproductive Health Equity Act requires health insurers to offer birth control and abortion without charging patients a copay. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Want to Slow Global Climate Change? Don’t Have Kids, Study Suggests.

Emily Wells / Truthdig Aug 2, 2017 Lund University researchers also noticed how people's attitudes about climate change influenced their emotional responses to their findings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hobby Lobby Fined $3 Million for Smuggling Iraqi Religious Artifacts

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2017 The home crafts chain imported more than 5,500 Iraqi artifacts that were intentionally mislabeled, federal prosecutors say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Six ‘Miracle’ Drugs Big Pharma Now Regrets

By Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet Oct 30, 2016 Are you depressed? It may have less to do with your mood than with your pills for birth control, high blood pressure, hair loss or even antibiotics, according to new research. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )