The study found no risk reduction benefit from progestin-only
birth control, but researchers note they had few exclusive users of that type of
birth control in the study, so no conclusions can be drawn.
These results, as well as findings from other survey questions, show that there is not only broad support among American Catholics for many
birth control methods, but that the majority want these methods to be widely available to people.
Add it all up: People have sex, most men and women don't want large families, and most Americans rely on
birth control to prevent that from happening.
The ACA still requires insurance plans to cover preventive health care services (including
birth control) without any out-of-pocket costs.
CHICAGO -- Teen girls who have sex should use IUDs or hormonal implants -- long-acting
birth control methods that are effective, safe and easy to use, the nation's most influential pediatricians' group recommends.
Birth Control reviews historic court cases establishing the right to
birth control for women.
In her dissenting opinion to the Supreme Court's recent decision that Hobby Lobby and other businesses may decline on religious grounds to offer insurance covering certain types of
birth control, Ruth Bader Ginsburg claims that the ObamaCare insurance mandate regarding
birth control ensures "that women employees receive"
birth control "at no cost to them." (1)
Birth control pills are synthetic forms of the hormones progesterone and estrogen taken by women to prevent pregnancy.