Emergency contraception pills have become available in stores such as 7-Eleven and Circle K even as legislators in some states have indicated they want a new level of scrutiny for contraception.

Access to reproductive care has been under fire in America since June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guaranteed the federal right to an abortion. Since ...

We asked experts how it works, when you should take it, how much it costs and more. By Nina Agrawal Emergency contraceptives like Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, are a safe and effective ...

Photos: Getty Images and Courtesy Winx Health, Cadence OTC, and Julie. It happened fast. The day following the November 5 presidential election, women’s health startups saw sales of emergency ...

Student Health can provide students with emergency contraception, IUDs and medication abortions — but not surgical ones.

IN AMERICA HAD A FEDERALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO ABORTION. WELL, NOW, TWO YEARS AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION, MORE THAN HALF OF ALL WOMEN ABOUT 33 MILLION LIVE IN STATES WHERE ABORTION IS EITHER BANNED OR ...

The Missouri Family Health Council saw a spike in emergency contraception kits following election day. To keep up, volunteers gathered Wednesday in Jefferson City to help build more. The health ...

Iowa now has a six-week abortion ban. Some Iowa college students say schools aren't doing enough to ensure access to emergency contraceptives and birth control. So they're taking it on themselves. To ...

The University of Connecticut has placed vending machines with the emergency contraceptive Plan B on its campus in an effort to expand access to contraception. The university is the first institution ...

Between August 2022 and October 2023, the number of people filling emergency contraception prescriptions in Massachusetts spiked. Was the state experiencing an epidemic of unprotected sex? Probably ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically allows anyone over the age of 17 to purchase emergency contraception regardless of gender, but Walgreens stores in Texas and Mississippi seem to be ...