#contraception

· 2mo ago

"At a time when abortion is unavailable to many and contraceptives could be next on the chopping block, it can feel like there are only two camps: those who champion birth control, warts and all, and those who criticize it with hopes of making it go away. But there is a quieter third camp: scientists, doctors, and public health researchers who are scrutinizing birth control not to get rid of it, but to make it better." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/hormonal-birth-control-iuds-depression-anxiety-mental-health-tiktok/ #ReproHealth #contraception #MentalHealth

Did birth control make my depression worse?

Mother Jones

Did birth control make my depression worse?

What I wish I'd known about my IUD.

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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space

· 3mo ago

"Taking hormone-based birth control as a younger woman appears to protect the brain, maintaining the size of regions vital to memory, cognition and information, researchers report in the July 1 issue of the journal NeuroImage." https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-06-25/estrogen-birth-control-may-protect-womens-brains-as-they-age #PublicHealth #ReproHealth #FamilyPlanning #contraception #WomensHealth #BrainHealth #dementia

usnews.com

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception Samira K. Mehta Explores the Christian Theological Justifications For Birth Control https://lithub.com/god-bless-the-pill-meet-the-devout-catholic-who-invented-oral-contraception/ #science #contraception

Literary Hub

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

Amidst the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first oral contraceptive in 1960, an ongoing—if surprising—conversation emerged within the Catholic Church about the morality of birth cont…

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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space

· 5mo ago

"Asked at a Congressional hearing about appropriations for family planning in May 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: 'There's no plan to spend that money. We're not going to be in that business globally. We're not going to do it.'" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-118041/family-planning-birth-control-condoms-aid-cuts-rubio #healthcare #GlobalHealth #USAID #ForeignAid #ForeignAssistance #CHW #midwives #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning

NPR

The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad

Congress has allocated more than $500 million for family planning work internationally. The Trump administration hasn't spent it — and the consequences are already being felt.

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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space

· 6mo ago

"A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress is calling on the federal government to prevent a funding shortfall for reproductive health clinics in two weeks." https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5745199/title-x-birth-control-sti-clinics-trump-rfk-jr-hhs-house-dems #healthcare #HHS #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning #prevention #PrimaryCare

NPR

Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

Title X is a 56-year-old federal grant program that supports thousands of clinics that provide birth control and STI testing and treatment. Those clinics could face a funding gap because of a Trump administration delay.

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