Olivia Rodrigo’s Team Reportedly Changes Course On Free Contraceptives At Shows

Olivia Rodrigo’s team will no longer allow abortion advocacy groups to hand out emergency contraceptives at her Guts World Tour stops, according to multiple media reports this week. This comes after a viral social media post showed a fan holding morning-after pills from a recent concert in St. Louis, Missouri — a state with some … Read more

Arizona Republicans Refuse To Even Consider Basic Birth Control Protections

After refusing to have committees take up two bills that would enshrine access to contraceptives in state law, Arizona Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Hail Mary effort by Democrats to force a hearing on the legislation. Each deemed the Right to Contraception Act, the identical bills in the state’s House and Senate that would guarantee … Read more

A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive

The purpose of the current trial is to assess the gel’s safety and longevity, not how well it prevents pregnancy. Participants were asked to use a back-up form of birth control while being enrolled in the trial. The gel is designed to dissolve at the end of its lifetime, so the men will be followed … Read more

What Are ‘Missed Period Pills,’ and How Do They Work?

Cari Siestra first learned about menstrual regulation when they were working on the Myanmar-Thailand border. At the time, abortion was broadly criminalized in both countries. But if a person’s period was late, it was relatively easy to get access to pills that would induce menstruation in just a few days. In Bangladesh, where abortion is … Read more