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Societies and feeders welcome Centre’s decision on dedicated place and time to feed stray animals

Housing societies and animal feeders welcome the Centre’s guidelines on the Animal Birth Control Rules, which put the onus on the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) and Apartment Owners Associations (AOA) to ensure a feeding spot and time for residents to give food to animals.

The Hindu

3 reasons we need more male birth control options, according to a top medical researcher

Additional options could help mitigate the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Fortune

These Scientists Are Using Simple Math To Make a Better Birth Control

A study published in April found most hormonal contraceptives could lower their dosages by 92 percent yet still suppress ovulation, based on mathematical modeling.

Inverse

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Nick Cannon claims he has ‘super sperm,’ women get pregnant despite using birth control

Nick Cannon claims the fact he has fathered 12 kids is due, in part, to his extraordinary DNA.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk mocked for telling Tucker Carlson ‘birth control and abortion’ may lead to collapse of civilisation

The Tesla CEO has long shared his stance on procreation and population decline posing a threat to civilisation

The Independent UK

Birth control study suggests oestrogen dosage could be drastically cut – here’s what you should know

The amount of oestrogen the birth control pill currently contains is already substantially lower than it was when the pill was first licensed more than 60 years ago. But a new paper has suggested that the doses of both oestrogen and progestogen in the pill could be significantly reduced and…

The Conversation

Fear of pregnancy: One teen's story in post-Roe America

In a state that bans abortion, anxiety about rape and getting pregnant drove this teen to start on birth control, though she's not having sex.

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A new abortion pill ruling is super bad

The 5th Circuit judges nodded approval of a 19th century federal law that was used to ban books and birth control

Salon

Robin Abcarian: Hang on to the pill and your IUD. After abortion, birth control is the next fight

Mark my words: Contraception is the next front in the war on women. And we can't say we haven't been warned.

Los Angeles Times

India's birth control measures resonate among its Muslims, priests play a role

Syed Mohammed Talha says he is proud that his seven-year-old daughter attends a prestigious Montessori school in India’s national capital region.

Reuters

How India's birth control battle falters in rural district

Pratima Kumari, a government health worker in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, sets off on her mini scooter every morning, crisscrossing vast corn fields and pineapple orchards to visit villages and meet young, married couples.

Reuters

More Than 1000 Aussie Women Are Taking On A Pharmaceutical Giant Over This Birth Control Device

"I would wake up in bed in a sea of blood like a homicide scene."

Pedestrian.tv

British Columbia's coverage of contraceptives should inspire the rest of North America

As of April 1, 2023 all residents of British Columbia gained access to free prescription contraception. This includes the birth control pill, injections and implants, IUDs and emergency contraception known as Plan B or the “morning after” pill.

The Conversation

U.S. women need better birth control. So why is this contraceptive company 'on life support?'

Evofem Biosciences has prescribed its nonhormonal contraceptive to more than 100,000 women, but is still on the brink of collapse.

Fortune

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Fortune

Birth control fail: Why American women can’t have better contraceptives in 2023

The rocky history of Evofem and Phexxi illuminates how big insurers and drugmakers are stifling innovation in women’s health.

Tribune News Service

FDA sets date to review first US over-the-counter birth control

U.S. regulators will hold a joint meeting in May to review whether Perrigo Co.’s birth-control product Opill can be sold without a prescription.

Inverse

Understudied Hormonal Birth Control Pill Linked to Cancer — But It’s Complicated

A study from the University of Oxford evaluates how hormonal birth control, including combination and progestogen-only pills, increase risk for breast cancer.

The Conversation

Breast cancer: progestogen-only and combined birth control both increase risk – here’s what you need to know

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, with around 2.3 million women diagnosed with the disease every year. In the UK alone, it is estimated that one in seven women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.

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Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics, until a Christian father objected

AMARILLO, Texas — On the vast Texas Panhandle, raked by wind and relentless sun, women might drive for hours to reach Haven Health, a clinic in Amarillo.

WEKU

Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued

Trump-appointed federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that free birth control for teens from a federal program violates Texas law and parental rights. For now, it's still available in other states.

Tribune News Service

For young people on Medicare, a hysterectomy sometimes is more affordable than birth control

Sam Chavarría said her doctor was clear about the birth defects her medication could cause if she became pregnant but agreed to keep her on it as long as she had an IUD.

Fortune

Why this company has spent nine years trying to sell birth control pills without a prescription

HRA Pharma hasn't given up on the long-shot goal.

Roll Call

FDA could widen path for OTC birth control, statins - Roll Call

A Biden administration proposal could provide a path to allow statins, birth control and other medications to be accessed over the counter.

Daily Mirror

Mum heartbroken as baby who was both a quadruplet and identical twins dies at 6 months old

Ashley Ness, 36, first went to her gynaecologist to pick up birth control, only to find out she was pregnant... and later that she would give birth to two sets of identical twins

Roll Call

Two countries, two different approaches to population programs - Roll Call

An 82-year-old known as "Mr. Condom" and birth control distribution by hairdressers are hallmarks of Thailand's reproductive health program.

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