birth control

When it comes to effectively using birth control, it’s vital to get your facts straight before you end up with an unplanned pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease. That’s why we’re busting the ten most commonly spread birth control myths.

A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that even though more American women are taking the morning-after pill, it is not replacing conventional birth control methods for the majority of women. With approximately 11 percent of sexually active women (about 5.8 million) admitting to taking the pill between 2006 and […]

What does a company do when its owners don’t believe in contraception yet healthcare regulators are mandating that contraceptives and birth control procedures be offered to all employees under their health care plan? They take the matter to court—that’s what! And that’s exactly what Indiana-based company, Grote Industries, did to win temporary court relief from […]

Planned Parenthood in Texas will have 90% of their funding cut. Texas has a unique law that they are allowed to cut Federal funding to any institution that is associated with abortion. Planned Parenthood does not provide abortions but has affiliations with clinics that do provide the service. The state had already cut its funding but Planned […]

Hobby Lobby has put in the paperwork to sue the Obama administration. The new health care mandate requires the company provide partial insurance to its employees, including the choice of contraceptives. The craft store owner, David Green, is a devout Baptist who believes that birth control violates his religious freedom. He is suing because the […]

According to a new study, a male birth control pill could soon be a reality. A research team learned that a chemical called JQ1 is very effective at blocking sperm and inhibiting its movement. Free-swimming sperm are necessary components in the fertility process, and the effects of JQ1 essentially render sperm impotent. Unlike the chemicals […]