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Are Birth Control Pills Safe Long-Term? What to Know About Birth Control Pill Risks

Learn about long-term birth control pill risks, side effects, benefits, and who can safely use the pill for years, based on current medical guidance and research.

Medical Daily

Progress on family planning in Afghanistan is still possible

Letter: George Papachristou and Gigih Yudhistira offer some hope in response to a report on how the Taliban’s ban on birth control is affecting Afghan women

The Guardian - UK

Thailand puts elephants on birth control as populations are 'squeezed out' of their natural habitat

In a bid to prevent human confrontations, which can turn deadly, Thailand is administering birth control vaccines to wild elephants.

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Why wild elephants are being given a birth control vaccine in Thailand

It comes after wild elephants killed 30 people and injured 29 last year

The Independent UK

Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other

The Independent UK

55 Shocking Moments When Medical Misogyny Put Women’s Health At Risk

Going to the doctor should be simple: explain what’s wrong, get help, go home. But for many women, getting proper treatment means first having to prove they’re not overreacting or imagining things. Some surveys suggest 2 out of 3 have faced medical misogyny—from years-long missed diagnoses to being told symptoms…

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5 Things Men Wish They Knew Before Getting a Vasectomy

Family planning is incredibly personal, but it has become more common for couples to choose the vasectomy route. Around 500,000 vasectomy procedures are performed in the United States every year. There are a number of reasons for this. First, more knowledge about the impact of birth control has come out,…

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The death of medical care for Afghan women

Letter: Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an article on the Taliban’s birth control ban

The Guardian - UK

The Growing Crisis of Stray Animals in Indian Cities

The most common sight for us Indians are strays like dogs , cats and cattle they are very normal in Indian streets and their raising numbers are very serious issue for India which is impacting life of people and those innocent animals have to survive on their own Stray animals,…

Times Pets

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives.

The Conversation

A Real Talk Guide to Natural Cycles: The Birth Control App Changing How Women Understand Their Bodies

Discover how Natural Cycles, the FDA-cleared birth control app, helps women avoid pregnancy naturally while learning more about their cycles—without hormones or side effects.

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I’ve been on birth control for eleven years, and coming off it has been painful, but this yoga pose has helped me manage my sore lower belly

As my body adjusts, gentle stretching is helping me to manage pain

Fit & Well

Pfizer Birth Control Scandal: 1,000 Women Sue Over Brain Tumour Risk After Using Popular Contraceptive

Pfizer faces lawsuits from 1,000 women alleging Depo-Provera birth control caused brain tumours, amid new research showing higher meningioma risk.

International Business Times UK

“Very Inventive Form Of Birth Control”: Charlie Kirk Billboards In Michigan Spark Hilarious Reactions

"This is a very inventive form of birth control."

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At Catholic colleges, student activists go underground to boost access to contraception

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”

The Guardian - US

Trudeau made headlines with free birth control. Why didn’t Canada follow through?

Nearly a year after a historic law promised free contraception, most provinces still haven’t signed on

The Independent UK

Women's rights activists rally in Belgium fearing US plans for birth control supplies

Dozens of women’s rights activists have rallied near the U.S. Embassy in Brussels to protest what plans by President Donald Trump's administration to destroy millions of dollars in family planning supplies meant for women living in hardship in Africa

The Guardian - AU

Birth control: why are influencers turning away from the pill and towards natural contraceptive methods?

Claims on social media feeds are that synthetic hormones cause infertility and affect romantic choices. Experts say unintended pregnancies have reached ‘concerning levels’

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Social Media Didn't Kill Charlie Kirk

Plus: Trump says he "may let [TikTok] die," the SoHo Forum debates paying for sex, the administration calls birth control "abortifacients," and more...

Axios

Advocates urge Trump not to destroy $10 million in contraceptives

Trump's policy will cost $167,000 to destroy birth control supplies that aren't expired.

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Boyfriend Tampers With Girlfriend’s Birth Control, Smiles When She Finds Out She’s Pregnant

How do you recover from this kind of betrayal?

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Boyfriend Tampers With Girlfriend’s Birth Control, Smiles When He Finds Out She’s Pregnant

How do you recover from this kind of betrayal?

The Conversation

Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries

Contraception, or birth control, can take a number of forms including drugs, devices, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Methods can be long-acting or short-acting. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, who teaches public health and global healthcare management, unpacks his research into the use of long-acting contraceptives among sexually active women in 26 sub-Saharan…

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Call for campaign to tackle TikTok birth control myths

A rise in birth control misinformation on social media platforms has prompted experts to call for a national contraceptive awareness campaign.

The Conversation

Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states to outlaw birth control for spouses – a right that would not be extended to single people until 1972.

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