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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

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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 Independent UK

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

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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 Independent UK

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’

The Guardian - AU

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...

Reason

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.

Axios

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?

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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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SC’s Aug 11 order tears up the rulebook on stray dogs, says lawyer fighting sterilisation legal battle

The sterilisation and vaccination of stray dogs are not just animal welfare measures – they are the centrepiece of India’s legally mandated strategy to manage the street dog population and prevent rabies. The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2023, framed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, require…

The Independent UK

Trump’s destructive plan ‘will deny 1.4m women and girls birth control’

The supplies could prevent an estimated 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions if they were handed out, the International Planned Parenthood Federation says

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LiveScience

How does the morning-after pill work?

The morning-after pill helps prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, but its efficacy differs depending on the user's body mass and the timing of when they take the medication.

The Mary Sue

‘YOU DECLINE, DO NOT ANSWER!’: Woman goes to Urgent Care. Then they ask her a question she’s never been asked before

A veteran getting regular medical treatment at an urgent care recognized the nurse asking a new question about IUDs, birth control, and other contraceptives. In a video with over 2.4 million views, Candace (@squidmoo101) explained how she noticed the new question felt invasive.

The Guardian - US

Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control

With action after action, the Trump administration has made clear it does not value women’s health, their dignity, their aspirations

Benzinga

From Birth Control To Ozempic: Inside The Startup Using FinTech Tricks To Deliver $16 Care To Millions On Medicaid

At a time when 45% of American women face significant barriers to reproductive care, Twentyeight Health is a telemedicine platform that accepts Medicaid and provides prescriptions for as little as $16 per month, delivered in discreet packaging.

Reason

The Leftists Who Celebrate Murder

Plus: Kamala Harris makes the right choice for once, the burning of the birth control, and more...

The Independent UK

US to burn $10m of birth control intended for low-income countries

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The Independent UK

The Trump administration has just sent $10m worth of birth control to be burned – rather than donate it as aid

The supplies, including pills and implants, have already been paid for by US taxpayers – and will cost another $167,000 to destroy

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