Credit: Getty Images This month’s case looks at a serious error that led to the birth of a child with a congenital defect. The court held that the damages can ...

People who rely on birth control to deal with other health conditions are particularly worried about how misinformation about the drugs has entered the political sphere. Here's a fact about birth ...

The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While birth ...

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 ...

In a blog entry at ColorLines, Akiba Solomon laments a decision by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to squash the FDA’s decision to allow girls under 17 to buy emergency ...

The math behind an unintended pregnancy is not complicated. A woman whose reproductive years span four decades with a monthly menstrual cycle can expect to ovulate — release an egg that can then be ...