Last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul, lawmakers and reproductive health advocates celebrated the approval of a new law that made birth control available without a prescription. The state officially authorized ...

A study reveals that many clinicians remain unaware of self-administered injectable contraception, despite its decades-long ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been available in the United States for more than two decades, yet a new ...

Cheap, easy birth control is arriving in the United States. The country's first over-the-counter birth control pill "will soon become the most effective birth-control method available without a doctor ...

DENVER — Soon, people will have a simpler way to access contraceptives. The first over-the-counter birth control pill, called Opill, will soon be available at the pharmacy and even online. Doctors say ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday the first over-the-counter birth control pill as concerns about cost, health hazards and correct usage take a back seat to reproductive rights after ...

There's a battle being waged across the country between people who see birth control as essential for women's health, self-determination and to avoid abortions ‒ and those who claim some forms of ...

The newly approved daily birth control pill, Opill, will be the first contraceptive pill sold as an over-the-counter option. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration supported drugmaker ...

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Michigan residents can now receive birth control prescriptions directly from their pharmacists. Gretchen Whitmer signed that measure into law this week as part of a bill package improving access to ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been available in the United States for more than two decades, yet a new ...