/tags/birth-control birth control en-US Copyright Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:47:55 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-04-04/over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-now-available-in-oregon Experts say the Opill will help young people, those who can’t regularly see a health care provider, and women whose prescriptions run out. Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:47:55 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-04-04/over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-now-available-in-oregon Amelia Templeton /health-and-medicine/2023-09-06/oregon-right-to-life-sues-state-over-birth-control-abortion-insurance-mandate A leading anti-abortion advocacy group is suing state insurance regulators in a case that could hobble a landmark Oregon law requiring insurance companies to cover abortion and contraceptives. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:32:46 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-09-06/oregon-right-to-life-sues-state-over-birth-control-abortion-insurance-mandate Julia Shumway /health-and-medicine/2022-08-26/california-wants-to-reduce-the-cost-of-birth-control-for-men California is trying to ease the pain of vasectomies by making them free for millions of residents. Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:34:14 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-08-26/california-wants-to-reduce-the-cost-of-birth-control-for-men Rachel Bluth/Kaiser Health News /health-and-medicine/2022-08-08/in-california-abortion-could-become-a-constitutional-right-so-could-birth-control Californians will decide in November whether to lock the right to abortion into the state constitution. If they vote “yes” on Proposition 1, they will also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to birth control. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:30:50 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-08-08/in-california-abortion-could-become-a-constitutional-right-so-could-birth-control Rachel Bluth/Kaiser Health News /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-05-30/jackson-county-closes-family-planning-sti-services Jackson County's Public Health Division has provided family planning and sexually transmitted infection services for a while now. But that changes in… Thu, 30 May 2019 21:29:24 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-05-30/jackson-county-closes-family-planning-sti-services The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-26/your-turn-guys-a-male-birth-control-pill Women alone can bear children, and women have borne much of the burden of NOT getting pregnant. There's a wide array of contraceptive methods for women, a… Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:35:03 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-26/your-turn-guys-a-male-birth-control-pill Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-20/getting-the-iud-with-the-baby A woman who just had a baby may decide that's it; no more kids, at least for a while. But the most reliable methods of birth control, intrauterine device… Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:47:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-20/getting-the-iud-with-the-baby Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-08/oregon-legislature-advances-reproductive-rights While legislatures in other states continue to work on bills restricting abortion, Oregon is getting out front on birth control. House and Senate have… Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-08/oregon-legislature-advances-reproductive-rights Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-07-08/hobby-lobby-contraceptives-reaction Who knew a place with the rhythmic name of "Hobby Lobby" could cause such an uproar? But that's what happened recently, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled… Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-07-08/hobby-lobby-contraceptives-reaction Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-06-13/celebrating-a-birth-control-milestone-cautiously Birth control is a fact of life in our society, but it was not always easy to obtain. It took a Supreme Court ruling in the mid 1960s to legalize… Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-06-13/celebrating-a-birth-control-milestone-cautiously Geoffrey Riley