Medical Xpress

Report: Mean age of moms at first birth increased from 2016 to 2023

From 2016 to 2023, there was an increase in the mean age of mothers at first birth and at higher-order births, according to the June 13 National Vital Statistics Reports. Andrea D. Brown, Ph.D., M.P.H ...
Los Angeles Times

The FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill. Here’s why I’m underwhelmed

Effective pregnancy prevention is a cornerstone of reproductive autonomy. The development and approval of the first birth control pill and the 1965 Supreme Court decision protecting access to it, ...
Medical Xpress

First birth control clinics reduced maternal and infant mortality in the US, study finds

Drawing on an analysis of exceptionally rich historical data, economists from the University of Passau have shown that the birth control and family planning clinics of American women rights advocate ...
CNN

First OTC birth control pill in the US now available in some stores

For the first time, women in the US can walk into a store and buy a supply of birth control pills right off the shelf, without the need for a prescription or health insurance. Opill, the first oral ...
Fox News

50-year-old woman gives birth to first child: 'We wouldn’t give up'

Troxler and her husband Tony, 61, were married in 2008 and tried multiple times to have children at first, naturally. Then, about two years ago, she started in-vitro fertilization treatment and later, ...