Birth Control Issues

Everything we don’t love about birth control.

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August 26, 2025

The individual and societal cost of Gynecology’s birth control fixation

It's women who are paying the price

byKristen Curran

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July 17, 2025

What it’s like to break up with birth control when you’re not ready for a baby yet

My journey getting started with Natural Family Planning

byCathryn Barker

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July 10, 2025

Coming Off the Pill: Cathryn’s Story

Quitting hormonal birth control changed my health and my life

byCathryn Barker

June 5, 2025

What you need to know about cortisol and reproductive health

Can you have too much of the "stress hormone"?

byMarianne Swingle

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May 27, 2025

Pain “down there” may actually be vestibulodynia, not vulvodynia

Especially if it's pain with sex and/or tampon insertion

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

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April 8, 2025

Does hormonal birth control prevent fibroids?

The answer might surprise you

byMarianne Swingle

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March 20, 2025

Natural Womanhood Book Review: This is Your Brain on Birth Control

Should you buy, borrow, or pass?

byClare Sharp

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March 8, 2025

Hormonal contraceptive use doubles heart attack, stroke risk, data from 2 million women shows

Risk was highest for vaginal ring users

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

February 15, 2025

From birth control user to FACTS founder: How Dr. Marguerite Duane discovered fertility awareness

Her journey was both professional and personal

byGrace Emily Stark

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February 1, 2025

Coming Off the Pill: Kaleigh’s Story

And why she embraced fertility appreciation methods instead

byNatural Womanhood

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January 16, 2025

Thousands of women say they were seriously injured by the copper IUD

The copper IUD is more prone to breakage than the hormonal IUD

byCaitlin Estes

January 14, 2025

The copper IUD and the tragic death of midwife Krista Labbe

Post-mortem hair analysis indicated copper toxicity