Side effects have led to the plug being pulled on the male contraceptive injection. But what about those experienced by women on the pill?
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A look at the policy proposals that will impact family life.
Providing women with a range of reproductive health options – from abortions to IUDs – is not only essential for their financial security but good for the economy as well.
Better access to birth control and safe, legal abortions in Latin America could save lives. But carving out Zika-related exceptions in existing restrictions might not go far enough to achieve this.
Democratic candidates support access to contraception, while candidates from the Republican Party favor policies that could severely restrict access to contraception.
Do the countries affected by Zika have the capacity to deal with a baby boom if pregnancies are delayed?
Enforcing the birth control policy left millions of children with no identity.
On his first visit to the US, Pope Francis will highlight the challenges of poverty and sustainability. A related issue, he acknowledges, is population. So what does that mean for Catholic teaching?
Carl Djerassi, who died recently aged 91, has been honoured globally for his work. In his remarkable career he also did pioneering work with antihistamines and topical corticosteroids for inflammation…
Teen pregnancy is a public health problem in the United States. According to 2010 estimates, girls aged 15-19 years accounted for 614,000 pregnancies in the US. An additional 11,000 pregnancies were recorded…
Giving women equal rights is a critical step in avoiding societal collapse. The main drivers of societal collapse are overpopulation…
Researchers have found that access to free birth control substantially reduces unplanned pregnancy and abortion rates. The…
US researchers have identified a compound that may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. The discovery, reported in medical journal Cell, is of a small molecule which the…
Using the birth control pill may reduce a woman’s bone density, according to US university researchers. Women using a pill…
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Law, Politics and Society, Drake University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Associate Program Director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota
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Deputy Director of Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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Professor and clinician in fertility medicine, Hudson Institute
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PhD, Political Science, Western University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
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Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and founding director of the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University