Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

Birth control in the US right now is full of contradictions.

At Penn, many of us don’t think twice about walking into Student Health Service for birth control refills, grabbing Plan B from CVS in a pinch, or calling the nurse hotline when something feels off.

Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the Reproductive Freedom Project at the ACLU, said in a statement that while funding has ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives, which are progestin-only shots taken at home every three months, have been ...

The body, accustomed to external hormone regulation, must recalibrate its natural cycles. This transition can result in temporary irregularities, such as changes in menstrual cycles, mood fluctuations ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Activist and educator Loretta Ross didn’t know she was helping to birth a movement.

This work tells the story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. It details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of over-the-counter birth control pills two years ago. The decision has dramatically increased access to contraception, according to a new study from ...

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, explanations for Donald Trump’s decisive victory abounded. One narrative that quickly took hold was Trump’s popularity with online “manosphere” influencers — Joe ...