Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Birth control or contraception is important for adults of all ages. However, choosing the right method of birth control is just as important for people over the age of 40. As women get older, their ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated July 13, 2023, to reflect the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a nonprescription birth control pill. For the first time, people in the United ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

Anyone can have an unplanned pregnancy. In fact, it happens to about 1 in every 2 women who get pregnant. But those rates are higher for Black women, and they’re less likely to use regular birth ...