CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) - Teen girls who have sex should use IUDs or hormonal implants - long-acting birth control methods that are effective, safe and easy to use, the nation's most influential ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CHICAGO — Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or ...

The ratification of giving family planning services to adolescents is tantamount to courting disaster. It is an indication of the increased moral decay in our society .The parents who recommend the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Teenagers and young women who use birth control pills can't blame their tight jeans on the contraceptive, say researchers who have done a long-term study. The study of 66 women who ...

Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

The number of teen births in the U.S. is the lowest it has been since at least 1940. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included the information in the National Vital Statistics Report ...