‘The most feminist thing you can do for yourself is not take birth control’: The shifting politics of the pill

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...
Futurism

Woman Gets Off Birth Control Because Influencers Told Her To, Immediately Gets Pregnant by Mistake

On TikTok and Instagram, a chorus of young influencers are advising women in their age bracket to ditch their hormonal birth control pills, saying they cause a cavalcade of problems for physical and ...

Is America turning on birth control?

Birth control in the US right now is full of contradictions.
Rolling Out

The messy truth about post-birth control syndrome

You thought going off birth control would be the easy part. Spoiler alert: it’s not always that simple. If you’ve ever dealt with the emotional rollercoaster of starting birth control, you probably ...
AOL

Social Media Wants You to Stop Taking Birth Control. Here's What to Know Before Doing It

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...
NPR

Influencers criticize birth control and push 'natural' methods. Here's what to know

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...