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People Are Obsessed With Making Teen Pregnancy Happen on 'The Sims’

There’s even a YouTube series about it.
By Brittney McNamara

This Vending Machine Will Give You Free Condoms If You Answer 5 Questions

Pop quiz!
By Brittney McNamara

Dear Women: Get Your IUDs Now, Before Trump Becomes President

“Go get IUD birth control before you lose your rights to your body.”
By Brittney McNamara

What To Do If Birth Control Is Making You Totally Break Out

Consider this your skin guide.
By Zoë Weiner

Men Stop Birth Control Testing After Experiencing Same Side Effects as Women

This is awkward.
By Brittney McNamara

What REALLY Happens When You Miss a Birth Control Pill

You don't have to go immediately into crisis mode.
By Brittney McNamara

If You Take the Birth Control Pill, You’re More Likely to Be Treated for Depression

"I got so depressed I cried every day.”
By Brittney McNamara

How Birth Control Can Change Your Skin

Side effects aren't always a bad thing!
By Phillip Picardi

The FDA Just Approved a New Birth Control Device

Here's what you should know.
By Chelsea Stone

How Your Weight Could Affect the Morning After Pill

Here’s what you need to know.
By Brittney McNamara

You Won’t Believe What Donald Trump Thinks About Birth Control

He's so unpredictable.
By Emma Sarran Webster

This Is What the Hormones in Birth Control Actually Do to Your Body

We asked the experts.
By Danielle Sinay

Is Birth Control The Answer To Your Acne Problems?

Here’s the real deal.
By Sable Yong

What You MUST Know Before You Quit Taking the Pill

It’s tougher than you’d think.
By Well + Good

This New Condom Gives You No Excuse to Not Practice Safe Sex

It’s supposedly harder to rip AND more comfortable.
By Brittney McNamara

Scientists Are Working on an IUD You Can Insert Yourself

Whoa.
By Brittney McNamara

7 Birth Control Myths That Are Definitely Putting You at Risk of Pregnancy

Stop believing these, STAT.
By Brittney McNamara

This Is How Hard It Is for Women in the Military to Get Access to Birth Control

And a new IUD might change everything.
By Brittney McNamara

Teen Birth Rates For These 2 Groups Are Down — But There’s a Catch

Here’s what sex education has to do with it.
By Brittney McNamara

Getting Your Period in Space Is Really Complicated

Welcome to cosmic menstruation 101.
By Brittney McNamara