Retired attorney Alex Bastani, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef, state Sen.

Peter Landers is The Wall Street Journal's Asia business, finance and economics editor, based in Singapore. He previously ...

Jeanne Whalen writes about the U.S. economy from the Chicago bureau. She previously covered healthcare, general news and ...

Over sixty years ago in 1964, the launch of the War on Poverty represented one of the largest and most comprehensive attempts ...

Starting next month, around half a million women will be able to get oral contraceptives from a pharmacy without seeing their doctor first, under changes introduced by NHS England. The measures ...

They can also be trusted and work well. Hormonal contraceptives, like the birth control pill and hormonal implants, change your hormones. They can keep your body from getting pregnant.

The Family Planning Council of Iowa said it’s concerned that its services could be affected after unexpectedly receiving significantly less federal funding this year. The nonprofit is one of two ...

The financial burden of contraception remains a significant barrier for many in Quebec, write Anglena Sarwar and Allison Poppel. Above: A hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) surrounded by birth ...

What Are Birth Control Pills? Birth control pills are contraceptives that use hormones to prevent a pregnancy. There are many methods of birth control. You may hear this specific one referred to ...

We have received text from S. 422: Right to Contraception Act. This bill was received on 2025-02-05, and currently has 40 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the bill: The right to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Approximately 19 million U.S. women of childbearing age reside in what are known as “contraceptive deserts” due to geographic, political, economic and social barriers to birth control.

Plan B is an emergency contraception that may prevent pregnancy. It contains a synthetic form of a naturally occurring hormone, which allows it to prevent ovulation. It does not cause an abortion.