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hormonal contraception

An NGO health worker holds contraceptive pills
Lifestyle
There’s still no birth control pill for men, despite promising candidates. Where’s the research headed?
Arts, Culture & Media
The pill: fifty years later
Conflict & Justice
Obama administration drops objection to Plan B ruling
Health & Medicine
Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription
Health & Medicine
Pediatrician group advises doctors pre-write prescriptions for emergency contraception
Health & Medicine
New York schools piloting program to offer Plan B, birth control pills to students
Health & Medicine
New report finds huge barriers for Native Americans needing emergency contraception
Health & Medicine
FDA, at the behest of HHS, denies permission to sell Plan B in front of the counter
Health & Medicine
Two forms of birth control put women at risk for HIV
Global Politics
FDA controversy over Plan B contraceptive
Obama Administration Appealing Judge’s Ruling on Plan B
Native American Women Lack Access to “Plan B” Contraception
Health Secretary Overturns Plan B Decision
Environment
Two contraceptives put users at greater risk for HIV infection
Gender-Bending Fish
Global Politics
The morning after: Judge rules FDA used politics, not science, to make decisions