contraceptives

Science Friday and KHN ran numbers on birth control failure. Depending on the method, typical-use error rates can add up to hundreds of thousands of unplanned pregnancies each year.

The Trump administration on Wednesday released a pair of rules that will allow employers with religious or moral objections to contraception to offer…

Health-insurance policies would be required to provide coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs without imposing deductibles, coinsurance or…

On the sixth anniversary of the enactment of the federal Affordable Care Act, the law was back before a seemingly divided Supreme Court Wednesday.At stake…

Even women who continued to use the pill during the first few months of pregnancy saw no increase in major birth defects, according to data gleaned from Danish registries.

The Supreme Court is wading into its fourth dispute over President Barack Obama's 5-year-old health care overhaul.The latest "Obamacare" case involves…

New research suggests that teenagers are more likely to choose long-acting contraceptives when cost is removed from the equation. And free coverage of…

Tom Beckwith, a Largo small-business owner, welcomed the news that he would not have to pay for his employees’ access to certain products that he thinks…

Under final regulations issued Friday, most employers will have to provide contraception — at no charge to their employees — as part of their health insurance plans. There are exceptions for religious groups and alternatives for their affiliated organizations.

But reproductive health advocates says there's a big problem with leaving contraception training out: Many residency programs these days are run by religious hospitals that don't believe in contraception.