Research published in the BMJ has revealed that retail sales of emergency contraception rise sharply after the New Year holiday in the United States. The holiday was found to be linked to a surge in ...

Sales of emergency contraception surge after New Year’s Eve, and experts say unprotected sex may be to blame. In a British Medical Journal study published last year, researchers looked at marketing ...

Karina Martinez is a double major in biology and neuroscience and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. "I ...

Dermatologists should be aware of laws regarding emergency contraception in their state when prescribing isotretinoin at initial visit. Should dermatologists prescribe emergency contraception at ...

The number of Americans seeking permanent forms of contraception has surged in the nearly 2 years since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned a ...

Chips, soda, Tylenol, and…Plan B? As college students grapple with the potential ramifications of having sex in a post-Roe America, some reproductive health care advocates are working to add emergency ...

It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right to safe and legal ...

The misclassification of contraception as abortion by anti-abortion lawmakers is an alarming step down a path toward government control over women’s bodies and futures. Birth control pills sit on a ...

Need a prescription for birth control? You may soon be able to get one at your local pharmacy. On Monday, lawmakers ...

In a changing health care landscape, understanding all available options for emergency contraception has become more important than ever. While Plan B remains widely known, medical experts want to ...

With access to safe and legal abortions coming into question, emergency contraception will be more important than ever. However, finding that contraception at the local pharmacy is no easy task.