TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Pharmacies in New Jersey are now allowed to sell hormonal contraceptive birth control without a prescription. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that removes the ...

The health policy nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation has released the results of its most recent Women’s Health Survey and the data show a 4% decrease in the use of oral contraceptives, down from 33% ...

The study sought to answer questions about how breast cancer risk differs by type of hormonal contraceptive. Doctors say the ...

For decades, abortion opponents swore that they had created a single-issue movement and had no interest in changing access to birth control.

Sarah Slater and her daughter Trinity McClellan, 12, both use birth control to curb symptoms caused by chronic period pain. Using birth control is life or death for Kendall Hantelman. She was ...

Though pharmacists are allowed to prescribe birth control, we can boost the number who participate by offering guidance on state training, billing and workflow. Credit: Getty Images. The state ...

Singer-songwriter Lorde, in a May Rolling Stones profile, opened up about her decision to stop taking hormonal birth control ...

Changes are coming to pharmacies in Michigan as a new law will soon allow patients to obtain birth control directly from pharmacists without needing a doctor's prescription. The legislation, signed by ...

There’s certainly nothing wrong with avoiding birth control, taking a nonhormonal approach to it, or having a large family.