Tag: birth control
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said…
The Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing birth-control pills to be sold without a prescription. Some conservatives are raising predictable objections, but others appear to grasp the obvious: If the anti-abortion-rights movement truly is…
PARIS (AP) — France will offer free birth control to all women up to age 25 starting next year, the health minister announced Thursday. The measure will also include free medical visits about contraception, and…
Well, that didn’t take long. Only days after surprising the nation by striking down a strict anti-abortion law in Louisiana, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts reminded Americans once again that it is…
WASHINGTON (AP) Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists have figured out how to pack a months supply…
Thanks to affordable and easily accessible birth control, the rate of abortions in the United States is at its lowest point since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortions in 1973. The Affordable Care Act deserves…
The Trump administrations unfortunate decision to put the government between patients and their doctors threatens women across Kansas and Missouri. Unwanted pregnancies are virtually assured. Serious illness and yes, backroom abortions are possibilities.…
While Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri just passed strict abortion bans, the Kansas Supreme Court has taken a completely different tack. In Hodes & Nauser v Schmidt, the court ruled that the Kansas Constitution protects a…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A U.S. judge in California on Sunday blocked Trump administration rules, which would allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, from taking effect in 13…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A U.S. judge said Friday that a substantial number of women would lose free birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out…
