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Biden administration scraps rules to expand birth control access

Politico

Conservative organizations celebrated the news. In a post on X, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents an order of nuns that has repeatedly challenged the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate in court, wrote: “Christmas came a little early this year.” The rules would have also created a workaround for employees of religious organizations that refuse to provide …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Fresh policies to enhance female fertility

China Daily

China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:00 A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. In August, Yichang city in Central China's Hubei province, cooperated with the China Population and Development Research Center and Hubei Population Society, and established a research center for fertility protection and support. The city government has also …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Fresh policies to enhance female fertility

China Daily

China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:00 A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. In August, Yichang city in Central China's Hubei province, cooperated with the China Population and Development Research Center and Hubei Population Society, and established a research center for fertility protection and support. The city government has also …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Abortion bans are profoundly impacting contraceptive care, study finds

Salon

Immediately after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade via the Dobbs decision, giving states control to restrict abortion, Google recorded the highest volume of searches for “vasectomy” in the past five years. “Our interviews highlight the moral injury and fear among health care providers resulting from abortion bans, even in contraception care,” the researchers wrote in their conclusion. “To …

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3 weeks ago

Lack of information and disinformation boost abortion rate

Dutch News

Four in 10 women who had an abortion between April and July this year did not use any form of contraception because they underestimated their chances of becoming pregnant, a survey by sexual health agency Rutgers has shown. Most of the women who were asked why they did not use contraception said they did not think they could get pregnant …

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Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

NL Times

Many women who got an abortion did not use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, Rutgers found in new research. There seems to be a lack of information and knowledge about the means to prevent this.” When asked why they didn’t use contraception, the most frequent answer was that the women considered the chance of pregnancy to be small. Women …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dermatologists reveal how wrinkly your skin will be in years to come based on subtle warning signs - and what to do NOW to prevent it

Daily Mail

Ever wondered what your skin will look like in years to come? 'But, UV exposure, pollution, an unhealthy diet, lack of sleep, stress and smoking can all accelerate this ageing process by causing oxidative stress which damages skin cells.’ Experts have said pronounced crow's feet in your 20s and 30s means you're likely to become very lined over the next …

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4 weeks ago

Donald Trump's Re-election sparks a healthcare shift in reproductive choices

India Today

Donald Trump’s re-election has unleashed a wave of uncertainty, sparking changes in reproductive healthcare decisions across the country. His administration’s anti-abortion policies, coupled with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, have reignited fears amongst young adults and parents about the future of women’s reproductive rights. Online searches for birth control methods have surged 109%, reflecting growing concern over reproductive healthcare …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Watch: Davina McCall gives health update from hospital after brain surgery

The Telegraph

Davina McCall has said she is “on the mend” and feeling “really lucky” after surgery for a benign brain tumour. the world.” Appearing emotional, she said: “It’s been mad, and it’s just really nice to be back home, I’m on the other side. I just feel very lucky.” In a message accompanying the video, McCall said Douglas got the “best …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Pharmacies to reduce opening hours and withdraw key services in funding row

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Pharmacy owners are not a radical bunch, we have never proposed action like this …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election

Associated Press

Hours after Donald Trump was elected president for the second time, Dr. Clayton Alfonso had two messages from patients seeking to replace their IUDs. And companies that sell emergency contraception and abortion pills say they’re seeing significant spikes in requests from people who are stockpiling the medications — one saw a 966% increase in sales of emergency contraception from the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Morning-after pill sales surge online, telehealth companies say, as women prepare for second Trump term

CNN

CNN — Online sales of emergency contraceptives, like the morning-after pill Plan B, have skyrocketed in the United States in the past week – days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to retailers. When women live in states with increased regulation around abortion, “they think that they also don’t have access to this product too,” Plotch said …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion pill demand hit record high on Donald Trump’s election victory day; 5,000 orders in just 12 hours

Live Mint

Following the recent US presidential election results, demand for abortion pills surged dramatically as concerns grew over potential restrictions in a new Donald Trump administration. Unprecedented spike in abortion pill requests The Guardian reported that as results favoring Trump spread, Aid Access, a provider of mail-order abortion pills, saw an unprecedented 5,000 requests for abortion pills within 12 hours. We’ve …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Experts blame misinformation, lower contraceptive use for abortion rise in Netherlands

NL Times

The number of abortions in the Netherlands has increased by 10 percent for two consecutive years. There has been no official research into the cause, but experts partly blame online misinformation about contraceptives and the resulting decline in their use, NU.nl reports. “We see that the use of contraception in the Netherlands is decreasing,” Ingvil de Haan, an expert on …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Blackmon, the woman at the center of a …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What Project 2025 actually says about birth control is alarming

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If the ACA — otherwise known as Obamacare …

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2 months ago

Millions to Get Free Birth Control and Condoms Under New White House Rule

Associated Press

Millions of people with private health insurance will be able to get free birth control and condoms under a new rule proposed by the White House. The rule would allow people on private health insurance to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, birth control pills, or “morning after” pills from local storefronts without a prescription.

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2 months ago

More mobile clinics are bringing long-acting birth control to rural areas

Salon

Twice a month, a 40-foot-long truck transformed into a mobile clinic travels the Rio Grande Valley to provide rural Texans with women’s health care, including birth control. It’s now part of a small but growing number of mobile programs aimed at increasing rural access to women’s health services, including long-acting reversible contraception. She said organizations that can’t afford mobile programs …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Scene ‘contra’

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Kerala is going through a cultural shift, one as swift as how new smartphone models enter the market. Besides tech savviness, one evident sign of this shift is sexual liberation that manifests in different ways in different age groups. One aspect, however, remains the same across generations — the lack of awareness about safe sex, contraceptives, sexually transmitted infections, …

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3 months ago

Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent

The Independent

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3 months ago

"Get this under control": Mark Robinson's anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump's Project 2025 spin

Salon

North Carolina's Lt. Gov. This time Robinson is caught on camera in a 2022 church appearance, going on a tirade about how women don't need birth control because — as he gestures to his crotch for emphasis — they need to "get this under control" instead. Robinson insisted birth control is "being forced on very young ladies" and agreed that …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

The Hindu

Denmark’s forced contraception scandal in Greenland has snowballed since a victim first spoke out five years ago with the territory urging the Danish state to acknowledge the trauma it had caused. The legal investigation “is a necessary step in order to move forward,” Greenland’s Gender Equality Minister in charge of the case, Naaja Nathanielsen, said. Human rights aspect “An investigation …

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4 months ago

From an inflatable IUD to free condoms, reproductive rights showcased at DNC

LA Times

Ohio celebration committee member Helen Sheehan shows her hat with political buttons on the floor of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. “That ability to be able to be the full person that you want to be, have rights to have a family how you want — that’s not partisan.” Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, abortion …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Can you have sex in space? How astronauts stuck on board the ISS could join the '220-mile-high club' (although NASA insists that no humans have done it before!)

Daily Mail

Sex in space is not physically impossible, although it would be difficult Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the headlines this month, after NASA revealed that they would be stuck on the International Space Station together for six months, despite originally expecting to be there for eight days. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the headlines this month, …

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Biden administration scraps rules to expand birth control access

Fresh policies to enhance female fertility

Fresh policies to enhance female fertility

Abortion bans are profoundly impacting contraceptive care, study finds

Lack of information and disinformation boost abortion rate

Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

Dermatologists reveal how wrinkly your skin will be in years to come based on subtle warning signs - and what to do NOW to prevent it

Donald Trump's Re-election sparks a healthcare shift in reproductive choices

Watch: Davina McCall gives health update from hospital after brain surgery

Pharmacies to reduce opening hours and withdraw key services in funding row

Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election

Morning-after pill sales surge online, telehealth companies say, as women prepare for second Trump term

Abortion pill demand hit record high on Donald Trump’s election victory day; 5,000 orders in just 12 hours

Experts blame misinformation, lower contraceptive use for abortion rise in Netherlands

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?

What Project 2025 actually says about birth control is alarming

Millions to Get Free Birth Control and Condoms Under New White House Rule

More mobile clinics are bringing long-acting birth control to rural areas

Scene ‘contra’

Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent

"Get this under control": Mark Robinson's anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump's Project 2025 spin

Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

From an inflatable IUD to free condoms, reproductive rights showcased at DNC

Can you have sex in space? How astronauts stuck on board the ISS could join the '220-mile-high club' (although NASA insists that no humans have done it before!)