While some argue the bill empowers parents, others say it could harm vulnerable youth who cannot safely involve their parents.

Florida teens are contracting sexually transmitted infections at rates higher than in the past decade, and a bill advancing ...

A bill that requires parental consent for contraception, treatment for sexually transmitted infections for minors was OK'd by ...

Anyone in Oklahoma can get birth control for free through Tulsa nonprofit Take Control Initiative. Irissa Baxter-Luper, the organization's postsecondary initiatives manager, said TCI has mailed 50,000 ...

You may have heard that some birth control methods are linked to cancer. If you spend some time online, you'll probably find more than a handful of contradicting reports saying some types cause cancer ...

She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease outbreaks in the U.S. and ongoing vaccination discourse.

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are an extremely effective method of birth control. An IUD is a small, T-shaped device that’s placed in your uterus. It must be prescribed by a doctor, who will place ...

She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate ... in every U.S. state except South Dakota, new research suggests. Newsweek's map, below, shows where ...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department had been controlled by the state since the Civil War until a statewide campaign and vote in 2012 put it under local control but many have wanted state ...

Currently, those providers only receive $900,000 in state funds. Also read ... STD treatments and birth control, but it would not fund abortion services. Also read: Maine lawmakers, health ...

In the email, she frames her “final mission” to “send education back to the states ... to the long and troubled legacy of “local control,” like segregation. Through other federal ...

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Eligible MassHealth members and Health Safety Net patients will have access to prenatal vitamins and over-the-counter birth control at no cost, under two standing orders ...