Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

I can hardly remember a time when I wasn’t on birth control. Doctors put me on the pill at 16 to help manage the agonizingly heavy periods that had plagued me since I was 11 years old. For me, getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Emily Scherer for The 19th) Cara Stanton didn’t get her period until she was 22. For years, doctors — including her pediatrician ...