Spermicide is a gel or cream you put into your vagina before sex that's designed to prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg. It's 72% to 82% effective.

A diaphragm is a silicone device shaped like a shallow cup that you insert into your vagina to prevent pregnancy.

Senate Bill 323 in South Carolina could redefine contraception, potentially limiting access to birth control methods for ...

CHICAGO (AP) — College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At ...

Contraception is often used to prevent pregnancies and manage menstrual cycles—which is exactly why Sandra Somarakis, now 61, and Nicole Ryan, 60, chose it for over a decade. Both women opted for ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- On Friday, Rep. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, reintroduced legislation aimed at guaranteeing access to contraception in Wisconsin. Subeck held a roundtable discussion to announce the ...

birth control implants and emergency contraception all abortifacients, saying only condoms, diaphragms, vaginal sponges, spermicide and “natural family planning,” known as the rhythm method, are ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town of ...

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are offering their apologies for their governments' roles in the mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- At age 13, Katrine ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town ...