New research from the Guttmacher Institute may debunk the idea that religion and sex don't mix. Using data gathered from a 2006-2008 survey of more than 7,000 US women ages 15-44, this report found that women of a variety of religions — Protestant, Catholic, and Buddhism included — are having sex and using contraception. These findings are released in the midst of the Planned Parenthood Read more

"Put a ring on it" is the cheeky slogan behind The Chicago Female Condom Campaign. The coalition of HIV/AIDS, reproductive justice, women's health, and gay men's health activists is working hard to raise awareness in Chicago and beyond about female condoms — a form of contraception just as effective as a male condom in preventing STIs, HIV, and pregnancy. A rep for the campaign spoke at this Read more

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From the pill to nonhormonal birth control, there are various ways for women having regular sex to prevent pregnancy. But what about a single woman who doesn't want to commit to contraception if she's not having sex often? There's always the condom, which will protect against STDs, but she might want to use the morning after pill too to decrease her risk of pregnancy — women who take the Read more

From the pill to the IUD, there are plenty of hormonal and nonhormonal birth control options. The problem is just about every woman has complications with several of them. Yes, the male pill has been forever in the works, but I suspect few women would leave that responsibility to anyone but themselves. Still, while the history of birth control is bizarre, its future looks bright, or at least Read more

The FDA approved a new birth control this Fall that's identical to Yaz (made by the same company) with one difference: it contains folate, the prenatal must have for "women who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant." It's called Beyaz, which sounds like a verb or a SFW way to write b*tch. Putting prenatal vitamins in birth control makes perfect sense from a public health standpoint. The Read more

While the pill celebrates 50 years of blocking sperm, a new study says it makes women more possessive and paranoid about their partners' fidelity. I'm not down with women using periods as an excuse to behave badly — or men using it to dismiss emotions — but anyone who's ever had a bad birth control experience would probably agree it can ambush the mood. The study does illustrate one Read more

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Do you know Ella? No, it's not the name of a new celebrity or pop singer, but a new emergency contraceptive pill that was just given the thumbs up by the FDA. We heard about the drug when it was introduced in Europe, but now it has made its way to the US. Unlike Plan B, which should be taken within 24 hours of unprotected sex but can be taken up to three days after, Ella can be taken up to five Read more