Birth Control News & Updates
Getting Your Tubes Tied? It May Not Be as Reliable as You Think
- First Nonprescription Birth Control Pill Ships to Retailers
March 4, 2024 — The first birth control pill authorized to be sold without a doctor’s prescription will soon be available to the public, according to the company that makes the drug.
- What Families Should Know About the New OTC Birth Control Pill
October 6, 2023 — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will hit U.S. stores early next year, which gives parents, teens, and their doctors time to decide how it could affect their lives. And the decisions are not always simple.
- FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
July 13, 2023 — It's not yet known how much the pill will cost when it becomes available in 2024.
- FDA Advisers Recommend Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
May 10, 2023 — Birth control pills should be available over the counter, an independent panel of advisers told the FDA on Wednesday, saying the benefits are greater than potential problems.
- Hormones in Birth Control Pills Could Be Greatly Reduced: Study
April 14, 2023 — Birth control pills and other forms of contraception could still prevent pregnancy with drastically reduced levels of estrogen and progesterone, a new study published in PLOS Computational Biology says.
- Say Goodbye to Your Period? There Are Options
April 6, 2023 — Although period suppression is a safe option for teens, some doctors are hesitant to prescribe birth control to their adolescent patients for this purpose.
- FDA Considers Lifting Prescription Requirement for Birth Control
March 5, 2023 — The FDA is actively gathering ideas for how to safely allow some prescription-only products, like birth control and erectile dysfunction medications, to be sold over the counter.
- Now Trending on Social Media: Bad Birth Control Info
February 3, 2023 — YouTubers are ditching the pill and pushing more “natural” contraception methods, putting impressionable young women at risk of unintended pregnancy.
