A recent study links oral contraceptives to changes in women's brains. (Photo : Unsplash) A recent study presented at the Radiological Society of North America shows that taking oral contraceptives, one of the most widely-used birth control methods in the United States, may alter an important part of the brain, according to an article by Yahoo Lifestyle.
Cuba - the country with the oldest population and highest legal abortion rate in all of Latin America - is now encouraging young couples to have children and reverse what is increasingly viewed as the communist country's dire demographic situation.
Birth control, the means by which one uses contraception and fertility control to prevent pregnancy and manage family planning, is essential to a woman's economic security. That said, institutional, language, cultural and payment barriers can act as a challenge, perpetuating a belief that one lacks ownership over one's own wealth and body.
Long-acting contraception receive new push by experts A study geared toward sexually active young teens in St. Louis included offering free birth control and determined the effects of long versus short-term contraception.
Former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce resigned from his position as the Arizona Republican Party's first vice chairman on Sunday after receiving a storm of criticism over his recent statements about sterilizing poor women.
A Missouri state legislature is taking his fight against birth control to a new level in light of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in the Hobby Lobby case, which gave companies the power to deny coverage of birth control in their health insurance plans.
New CDC report: 1 in 5 women will be raped in their lifetime One in five women have been raped in the U. S. in their lifetimes, an estimated total of more than 23 million, according to a new report by the Center for Disease Control.
A MIT-developed implant that allows women to control the level of birth control hormones emitted via remote control could be available as soon as 2018.
Following this week's U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College cases, the three female justices issued a strongly worded statement that blasted the rulings and warned of the impact they could cause.
In spite of the major blow the Supreme Court struck to women's reproductive rights with its Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision this week, President Barack Obama's health law is helping more women get free birth control.
Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, won a groundbreaking and controversial case in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week regarding contraception coverage to its employees.
The Supreme Court rules on the case Monday. As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on two very important cases, a new poll has found that a majority of Americans favor having contraceptives paid for by their employers, regardless of the latter's religious beliefs.
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center, first-time mothers are older than they were four decades ago; in 2012, there were more than nine times as many first births to mothers 35 and older than there were in the 1970s. The report also indicated that over the past two decades first birth rates rose for older women of all races and Hispanic origins. The report failed to outline the reasons behind the trend, though it may have a great deal to do with economics.
