At a recent appointment, Laura didn’t think twice about giving her gynecologist an honest answer about what kind of birth control she uses: the pullout method. Laura, age 29, explained that she and ...

(Reuters Health) – Up to 17 percent of young adults in the U.S. may be using “withdrawal” to prevent pregnancy, although not necessarily relying just on that method, a new study finds. In the sample ...

When Rachel K. Jones, a senior researcher with the Guttmacher Institute, published a report supporting its validity as a birth control method back in 2008, she was lambasted in the media. But my ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, developing more contraception ...

Many women in Nigeria want to space their children but are reluctant to adopt modern contraceptive methods due to widespread myths and misconceptions. Cultural beliefs and spousal disapproval also ...

New writes that “the Guttmacher Institute’s own data show that 50 percent of all women seeking abortions were using some form of contraception the month that they became pregnant,” claiming this as ...