As the 1960s progressed, the women's liberation movement gained momentum alongside the civil rights and anti-war movements.

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

Since ancient times, women all over the world have used a variety of methods for contraception. Prior to the introduction of the Pill, however, choices were limited and existing methods were less than ...

Birth control may help reduce the risk of breast, ovarian and other cancers in women. Findings suggest that women who took oral contraceptives for more than a decade cut their risk of developing oral ...

Researchers have investigated how birth control pills may affect women's eating habits. The study included 422 women who were monitored through two birth control pill cycles over a period of 49 days.

As if the AIDS crisis in Africa wasn’t bad enough, scientists now believe that a birth control method that’s popular in the eastern and southern parts of the continent is increasing women’s HIV risk.