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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…

The Conversation

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.

AAP

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.

The Conversation

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…

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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

The Independent UK

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.

LiveScience

‘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 Mary Sue

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Benzinga

The Leftists Who Celebrate Murder

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

Reason

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

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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

LiveScience

Male birth control pill passes early safety test, with more trials underway

An experimental birth control pill for males works by blocking sperm production, and it just passed its first safety test in humans.

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19yo in jail for killing her child allegedly claimed murdering her newborn was her ‘favorite’ birth control

Brianna Moore claimed she was in denial about her pregnancy but her chilling texts suggest otherwise.

Euronews

Exclusive: At-home spit test that measures hormone levels is now certified as a contraceptive

The test, which uses saliva to track a hormone that plays a role in fertility, is expected to roll out across Europe this year.

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Natural Cycles - Non-Hormonal, FDA-Cleared Fertility Awareness Method

Are you looking for a birth control method that aligns with your body's natural rhythms, avoids hormones, and is backed by scientific rigor? I

International Business Times UK

Can Birth Control Give You Brain Tumors? These 400 Women Say The Pfizer Shot Did

Hundreds of women allege Pfizer's contraceptive injection caused tumors, accusing the company of ignoring known dangers and insufficient safety warnings.

The Independent UK

Weight-loss drugs and pregnancy, and do ‘skinny jabs’ prevent the pill working

Some experts say ‘skinny jab’ drugs slow absorption of birth control pills as well as food

Fortune

How GLP-1 weight-loss drugs can mess with birth control and pregnancy, U.K. agency warns

Today marks the first official agency warning about the possibility of these drugs—specifically Mounjaro—decreasing the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.

Euronews

Women on blockbuster weight loss drugs warned to use effective contraception

The UK medicines regulator said all women taking the jabs should ensure they are using an effective form of birth control, and that pregnant women should stop taking them.

Evening Standard

'World's first' male contraceptive implant in trials: how it works

Contraline's new male contraceptive, the Adam implant, is undergoing phase 2 clinical trials. This is how this breakthrough could change birth control

The Independent UK

TikTok removes videos promoting birth control misinformation after The Independent investigation

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: Myths suggesting that birth control is more dangerous than beneficial were spreading to millions, an investigation by Hebe Campbell reveals

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