Up against bad PR and a lack of awareness, reproductive health groups are leading the charge to make the IUD a first line of defense against unplanned pregnancy. It won’t be easy. Most women have been ...

This story is part of a series inviting those who have gotten abortions in Massachusetts to share their experiences in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Others who ...

Html code here! Replace this with any non empty text and that's it. A. The warning you may have received was probably the result of lingering stigma from charges against a certain type of IUD decades ...

Q: I’d love to have a reliable form of contraception that requires very little involvement on my part. I’ve been considering an IUD but I’ve heard horror stories about IUDs and pelvic infections. Are ...

Teen-pregnancy rates have declined considerably in the United States over the last couple decades—from 61.8 births per 1,000 15-to-19-year-olds in 1991 to 26.5 per 1,000 in 2013. That’s an ...

Four Missouri women who say they suffered injuries when an intrauterine contraceptive device broke while it was being removed are suing the device’s manufacturer and its successor company. In separate ...

Got birth control? The IUD is a remarkable bit of contraceptive technology that’s been around since the 1970s, but has recently gotten a whole lot of attention — with good reason. Millennials are ...

Intrauterine devices are more than 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. But misnomers about side effects and high initial costs have kept... What will it take to make intrauterine devices ...

The vast majority of obstetrician-gynecologists believe modern intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) are safe and effective, yet IUDs are still not widely prescribed due to lingering concerns over ...

After declining for nearly 20 years, the number of women using long-acting reversible forms of contraception (LARCs), like the IUD and the hormonal implant, has increased nearly five-fold over the ...

After my daughter was born, I had no desire to go back on the Pill. I wanted something easy, reliable, and hormone-free (more on that in a minute). The ParaGard IUD fit the bill perfectly. And while ...