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IUDs are small devices implanted in the uterus to prevent pregnancy. Finding a doctor to insert an IUD can be difficult and costly – but this could soon change.
The contraceptive pill is responsible for preventing more cancers than it contributes to. Long-acting contraceptives seem to be as safe when it comes to cancer risk.
A new study has found a link between hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and breast cancer. But media reports of a large increase in risk may cause unnecessary worry.
Contraception today may not be perfect but it’s better than methods of the past.
British Columbia’s move to provide free contraceptives is a positive step that fully embraces sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone in post-Roe North America.
Any effects you might notice after stopping birth control are typically due to the return of your natural menstrual cycle.
More women are using long acting reversible contraceptives. However some worry about pain on insertion.
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Distinguished Scientist, Gynaecological Cancers Group, QIMR Berghofer
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland
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Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University
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Associate Professor of English, UMass Lowell