birth control

February 25, 2026

Casey Means seated at a desk during her confirmation hearing before the Senate HELP committee

Ideas

J. D. Vance’s Very Weird Views About Women

Helen Lewis

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Family

Stop Shouting Down the Women Going Off the Pill

Christine Emba

May 24, 2024

Birth-control pills superimposed over an image of a woman

Radio Atlantic

New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuriatingly Pain-Free and Easy

Hanna Rosin

May 16, 2024

Health

The Coming Birth-Control Revolution

Katherine J. Wu

April 3, 2024

a split image of a man and a woman; on the left, the man's silhouette is whited out, while on the right, the woman's silhouette is whited out

Health

Birth Control Isn’t the Only Thing That Just Went Over-the-Counter

Rachel Gutman-Wei

July 14, 2023

Close-up photo of different kinds of pills

Science

No One Has to Get Their Period Anymore

Marion Renault

July 17, 2020

Family

The Surprisingly Fraught Question of Who Pays for Birth Control

Morgan Ome

February 19, 2020

Health

The Suffragists Who Opposed Birth Control

Olga Khazan

July 16, 2019

Ideas

The Unintended Consequences of the Contraceptive Mandate

Greer Donley

June 24, 2019

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The Print Edition

Well, That Didn’t Sound Like Casey Means

J. D. Vance’s Very Weird Views About Women

Stop Shouting Down the Women Going Off the Pill

New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuriatingly Pain-Free and Easy

The Coming Birth-Control Revolution

Birth Control Isn’t the Only Thing That Just Went Over-the-Counter

No One Has to Get Their Period Anymore

The Surprisingly Fraught Question of Who Pays for Birth Control

The Suffragists Who Opposed Birth Control

The Unintended Consequences of the Contraceptive Mandate