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DALLAS – On the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Austin Urology Institute fielded 400 calls, double its usual volume.

The research behind hormonal male birth control is about as old as the pill. But a safe and effective candidate is tantalizingly close to market.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new urgency. By moving the decision about abortion access to states, the fall of Roe v. Wade means that it will be even more important for people to be…

Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid – as well as Amazon – have all set caps on the number of morning-after pills people can purchase

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide in November whether the state Constitution should explicitly protect a person’s right to an abortion and birth control.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision legalizing abortion, is likely to endanger other rights, including those of gay marriage and birth control.

Experts told The Texas Tribune that Thomas’ opinion signals an openness from the court to reconsidering other settled legal precedents related to rights the court has ruled are protected by the constitution.

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, opened America’s first birth control clinic in 1916

Preventing unplanned pregnancies ought to be common ground among anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights forces. That's why a pragmatic new proposal from the nation's doctors — making birth control pills available over the counter instead of prescription-only — should inspire broad support.

From the founder’s role in introducing birth control to the US and her murky connections to the KKK and eugenics, to the organisation taking on the Pennsylvania governor in the Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood has long been at the forefront of the fight for reproductive rights, writes Rachel Sharp

Legal scholars and civil rights groups have warned that data privacy protections, marriage equality and LGBT+ rights could be at risk with Supreme Court decision