The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 4: Margaret Sanger’s “Magic Pill”
Katharine McCormick Welcome to the fourth installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In the previous installment, progesterone, the birth control pill’s active...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Do Birth Control Pills Cause Blood Clots?
Alarming ads urge you to call a lawyer if you’ve been “injured” taking certain birth control products, such as Yaz, Yasmin, or NuvaRing. These injuries include venous thromboembolisms (VTEs), heart...
View ArticleThe History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 5: Clinical Trials
Gregory Pincus, Min-Chueh Chang, and John Rock were hired by Margaret Sanger and Katharine McCormick to develop the birth control pill. Welcome to the fifth installment of our series chronicling the...
View ArticleThe History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 6: Los Campesinos
Welcome to the final installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In earlier installments, we learned how chemists were able to extract a chemical from a wild yam called...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Emergency Contraception
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that 1 in 9 American women — 11 percent — has used the “morning-after pill.” This means that in the United States, 5.8 million...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Can I Use Birth Control to Skip a Period?
In 2003, the FDA approved Seasonale, an extended-cycle birth control pill. This pill, a combination of estrogen and progestin, is taken daily for 84 days followed by one week of inactive (placebo)...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Birth Control Pills — Not Just for Preventing...
There has been a lot of political posturing recently about whether the government should require health insurance to provide birth control without a co-pay as part of a preventive health care package....
View ArticleContraception in the Zombie Apocalypse
The zombie horde approaches. Photo: Caio Schiavo If you’ve watched a zombie movie with your friends, you’ve probably talked about what kinds of weapons you’d be packing in case of a zombie apocalypse....
View ArticlePCOS: Erasing the Stigma
Until I encountered health-related issues of my very own, I had never heard of PCOS. There are no PSAs, no health class curricula, and it is not uncommon for many physicians to be unfamiliar with the...
View ArticleOver 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does, Part 24: Miscarriage...
Welcome to the latest installment of “Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does,” a series on Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s blog that highlights Planned Parenthood’s diverse array of...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Dispelling Myths About Emergency Contraception
Since 1998, when the Food and Drug Administration first approved the morning-after pill, there have been controversies about its sale and use. Initially, age restrictions were enforced to regulate its...
View ArticleOvarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, and the Pill
The most popular method of birth control in the United States is the Pill, followed by tubal ligation (permanent sterilization, or getting your tubes tied) and condoms. The Pill is a hormonal method of...
View ArticleCelebrating Mexico’s Contributions to the Birth Control Pill
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. We’re celebrating by shining the spotlight on Mexico’s role in developing the birth control pill, one of the most important medical...
View ArticleFive Things to Know About the Morning-After Pill on Its 20th Anniversary
Medication portion of PREVEN Emergency Contraceptive Kit. Photo: Smithsonian Institution In 1993, the New York Times Magazine posited that the morning-after pill might be “the best-kept contraceptive...
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