The most effective types of birth control are 99% effective. Those include sterilization, IUDs, and implants. The pill is about 93% effective with typical use.

After quitting most methods of birth control, you’ll return to normal fertility within a few menstrual cycles or sooner. The ...

A new study shows access to birth control has increased following the FDA's approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill. In the two years since the pill went on the market, there's a 31.8% ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

"Hormonal contraceptives can cause spotting or amenorrhea, breast tenderness, headaches, sleep disturbances, mood shifts and ...

Family planning assistance from the U.S. government usually helps more than 47 million women and couples every year in low income countries.

Opinion writer Olivia Roderick shares her personal experience with birth control. Although she initially struggled with whether or not to stay on it despite the effects it had on her ...

Questions about their fate swirled after the government's July deadline for destruction came and went. Then came a false ...

It's only been a couple of years since the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter birth control pills available without a prescription. A new study published today in JAMA Network Open shows this ...