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Enlarge this image Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will make a recommendation about whether the agency should approve the first…
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Fear of pregnancy: One teen’s story in post-Roe America
by Selena Simmons-Duffin April 15, 2023Credit: Paige Vickers for NPR Juliet was hanging out with her aunt and relaxing, floating in a lake in Georgia last spring…
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In the hunt for a male contraceptive, scientists look to stop sperm in their tracks
by Andrea Muraskin December 4, 2022Enlarge this image filo/Getty Images filo/Getty Images Condoms have been used to prevent pregnancy since the Middle Ages, with the rubber version…
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Enlarge this image The United States has one of the highest teen birth rates among developed nations, even after three decades of…
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Opinion: With abortion bans on the rise, kids need to know more about menstruation
by Marni Sommer September 17, 2022Enlarge this image Writer and health educator Marni Sommer is co-author of A Girl’s Guide to Puberty & Periods, which aims to…
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Catholic health care’s wide reach can make it hard to get birth control in many places
by Maria Godoy September 4, 2022Enlarge this image Catholic health care systems can limit access to birth control. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Catholic…
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More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away
by Ellis Juhlin July 29, 2022Enlarge this image Dani Marietti’s “sterilization shower” in Helena, Montana, features cookies with abortion-rights slogans, such as “My Body, My Choice,” written…