Obstetrics & gynaecology

Stricter abortion laws linked to increase in unintended births

Prior to the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, women in states that severely limit or outlaw access to abortion were 13% more likely to have a live birth resulting from an unintended pregnancy than those in states where abortion ...

Medications

First no-prescription birth control pill approved in US

US health authorities on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, dramatically widening access to contraception for women in the United States where abortion rights are increasingly ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Updated methodology developed for estimating pregnancy rates

From 2010 to 2019, there was a decrease in the estimated overall pregnancy rate, based on an updated methodology described in a report published online April 12 in the National Center for Health Statistics Vital and Health ...

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