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May 21, 2024
Talia Jane
Trump Makes Horrifying Pledge to Cut Access to Contraception
It was never just about abortion.
March 25, 2024
Susan Rinkunas
How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball
The 2014 Supreme Court ruling is even more consequential as we stare down the possibility of Trump’s reelection—and a revival of the Comstock Act.
May 23, 2023
Tori Otten
Lauren Boebert Admits She Had Her Third Son Because Birth Control Was Too Expensive
Despite her experience, the Colorado congresswoman has made it a point to oppose contraception access.
February 16, 2023
Tori Otten
An Experimental Male Birth Control Pill Was 100% Effective. It’s About Time.
Researchers say an on-demand, non-hormonal male contraceptive pill could be a real possibility.
April 16, 2021
Danielle Tcholakian
Medical Risk Is Never Shared Equally. Our Health Care System Is Built to Guarantee That.
What the debate about the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, birth control, and blood clots was really about
July 8, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Reproductive Coercion Wins at the Supreme Court
Conservatives have prevailed in an effort to deny people bodily autonomy. That’s always been their fight.
January 14, 2019
Magazine
Anna Altman
Mommy and Data
“Femtech” companies are marketing themselves to women who are worried about having kids. Are these startups alleviating female anxieties or exploiting them?
April 5, 2018
Magazine
Linda Gordon
Body and Soul
How birth-control leaders found allies in American religious groups
June 21, 2017
Bryce Covert
How the Pill Made the American Economy Great
Both Donald Trump and Republican state legislatures want to limit women’s access to birth control. History shows that would be a huge mistake.
January 6, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Trump administration will be terrible for reproductive rights.
December 12, 2014
Rebecca Leber
IUD Use Has Almost Doubled Since 2010
October 12, 2014
Rebecca Leber
It's Astounding That We're Still Debating the Pill After 50 Years
October 4, 2014
Ann Friedman
How the Pill Overcame Impossible Odds And Found a Place in Millions of Women’s Purses
October 2, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
New Study Shows Free Birth Control Reduces Abortions
September 29, 2014
Rebecca Leber
The Best Birth Control Method for Your Teenage Daughter
September 9, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Don't Buy Republicans' Sudden Change of Heart on Birth Control
August 25, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Why Free Birth Control Is a Big Deal
The latest news on Hobby Lobby and Obamacare's controversial mandate
August 22, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Obama Tweaks the Birth Control Mandate—and the Right Is Still Angry
July 18, 2014
Jen Gunter
Megyn Kelly Misrepresented My Article About Contraception
I'm an OB-GYN. She's Not.
July 7, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
QEDaily: Hobby Lobby Is More Complicated Than You Think
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