By selectively blocking it, the drug pauses sperm production in a reversible way, without the hormone-related side effects seen in other male contraceptives. Right now, men have two main options when ...

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here's what the debate is missing.

A molecular switch that “supercharges” sperm could inspire new safe methods of contraception—including a non-hormonal male birth control pill—and improved infertility treatments. This is the discovery ...

Women lined up for hours, some after days of travel. I met them almost 20 years ago at contraceptive clinics in Uganda and Kenya. They told me, “This will free me to work and feed the children I have.

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...