What Families Should Know About the New OTC Birth Control Pill The first over-the-counter birth control pill will hit U.S. stores early next year, which gives parents, teens, and their doctors time to decide how it could affect their lives. And the decisions are not always simple.

Newborn daughter’s social security card never showed up. Birth certificate arrived in an opened envelope. What precautions should I take? When my daughter was born her social security card never arrived in the mail. Social security confirmed it was mailed out and was showing up on their end as delivered. I went to the social security office and got a replacement card. I was a bit stressed from this but assumed the card just got lost in the mail. When the birth certificate arrived …

Natural Cycles gets FDA clearance to use Apple Watch temperature data for birth control Temperature data from the Apple Watch can now be used to power Natural Cycles’ digital birth control feature. | Image: Natural CyclesThe FDA has cleared the Apple Watch for use with Natural Cycles, a digital birth control app. This means Natural Cycles users who own an Apple Watch Series 8, 9, Ultra, or Ultra 2 can now import their temperature d…

How to Choose the Right Birth Control Pill for You “The Pill” is not a monolith: There are hundreds of birth control pills out there, and they’re not all the same. But many people are never given a choice. They walk into the clinic, ask for “the pill,” and get a prescription that may or may not be the best one for their particular situation. Given how common this is,… Read more…

What Every Type of Birth Control Costs Without ongoing education, our knowledge about birth control is frozen in time. In The State of Your Birth Control, Lifehacker follows the history of contraception in the U.S. and explains what everyone needs to know about their options, recent medical advancements, and legal access. Follow the complete series here.  Read more…

A Complete Guide to How Birth Control Has Changed Over the Years A lot has changed about birth control since you may have first learned about it—and if you’re getting information about birth control from older people in your life (your mom, say) things may have changed even more since they were young. The past few decades have brought new technologies, improvements on old… Read more…

Here’s How Well the Most Common Birth Control Options Actually Work One of the most important things to know when choosing a method of birth control is how well it works. That’s especially important in a country where childbirth is expensive, maternal mortality is shockingly high, and our options for abortion are limited and shrinking. Read more…

How to Choose a Birth Control Option If You’re Worried About Side Effects Picking a birth control can seem scary, especially if you’re worried about the more extreme side effects. You may have heard the horror stories about the risks of organ perforation using intrauterine devices, or claims that birth control is linked to migraines. However, extreme side effects are rare, and usually only… Read more…

Republican Women, Fearing Backlash on Abortion, Pivot to Birth Control A group of politically vulnerable G.O.P. women has backed legislation that purports to expand birth control access but would have little effect. Critics say the bill is meant to distract from their anti-abortion stances.

Birth Control: Types and Considerations for Transgender and Nonbinary People No matter where you are on the gender spectrum, you could need birth control, especially if there’s a chance you could get pregnant and you’re not trying to. Learn about the types of birth control available and what might be best for you.

How Richard Beauvais and Eddie Ambrose Discovered They’d Been Switched at Birth Two Canadian men who were switched at birth to families of different ethnicities are now questioning who they really are and learning how racial heritage shapes identities.

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Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Are Coming. What Next? One brand of oral contraceptive will soon be available on pharmacy shelves. What else could follow?

The birth of id Software Before Wolfenstein and Doom, Commander Keen was id Software’s breakthrough series — here’s how it began. | Image: My AbandonwareIn 1990, John Romero, John Carmack, and Tom Hall were working at Louisiana software maker Softdisk. There, they had an idea that would change PC games forever. Continue reading…

How Women Feel About an Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Most potential consumers were excited by the prospect, though sticker price and safety were lingering concerns.

An Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Is Officially Coming in 2024 The FDA has now officially approved the U.S.’s first over-the-counter birth control pill. Opill is a progestin-only birth control pill that would be taken daily to prevent pregnancy. (Contraceptive pills are already available over the counter in over 100 countries.) Read more…

FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill It’s not yet known how much the pill will cost when it becomes available in 2024.

What an Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Could Mean for You Opill, also known as a “mini pill,” contains only progestin, a synthetic version of progesterone.

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.