Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) (areeya_ann via Getty Images) ...

Mary Ziegler is a law professor at UC Davis and the author, most recently, of Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025). We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth ...

Abortion is a procedure to terminate a pregnancy. Birth control and emergency contraception do not end a pregnancy — they prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. Birth control pills and ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

Effective pregnancy prevention is a cornerstone of reproductive autonomy. The development and approval of the first birth control pill and the 1965 Supreme Court decision protecting access to it, ...

Donald Trump has long criticized the Affordable Care Act; he ran and won the presidency in 2016 on a promise to “terminate” Democrats’ signature health care law. But after he won, he and the ...

At the Louisiana Right to Life Forum on Nov. 15, 2013, Mike Johnson — still lawyer, and not yet a public official — spoke about his efforts challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ ...