Hormones play a major part in puberty, your menstrual cycle, and pregnancy. The hormones in birth control can affect your body in different ways, and people react differently to hormonal birth control ...
Someone asked us: I had an abortion with pills and I’m worried that my doctor will find out. Can you tell if someone had an abortion? There’s a small chance that your medication abortion won’t work ...
The gap between inflation and stagnant reimbursement rates has forced PPGNY to make difficult but necessary decisions to preserve future access to sexual and reproductive health care NEW YORK, NY - ...
Someone asked us: Can birth control make you gain weight? It depends. Most types of birth control don’t affect your weight. But there are some methods that may cause weight gain in some people. There ...
Imagine you’re in a sexual situation, and you know exactly what you want to do physically. Maybe you’re cuddling with a friend and you really want to kiss them, but you don’t want to go further than ...
Doulas support many different types of people going through a range of life experiences — including death, gender transition, birth, and abortion. Some doulas have a specific focus, while others ...
The Tuskegee Study is a syphilis research experiment that began in 1932 and lasted 40 years. It’s one of the most infamous cases of medical racism and abuse in U.S. history. With no informed consent, ...
Someone asked us: I’m a trans guy on T. Do I still have to worry about getting pregnant? Some trans men’s ability to get pregnant might decrease after taking testosterone for a while. Taking ...
We get a lot of questions about the difference between STI and STD, and the answer is actually pretty simple: there isn’t really a difference. STD stands for “sexually transmitted disease,” and STI ...
If you take an emergency contraception pill with levonorgestrel (like Plan B One Step, Take Action, My Way, and others) and you weigh more than 165 pounds, it won't work as well. ella is another ...
Finding and taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy without the help of a doctor or nurse is called “self-managed abortion” (which some people call an “at-home abortion”). It’s a fairly common ...
Crisis pregnancy centers (also called CPCs or "fake clinics") are clinics or mobile vans that look like real health centers, but they're run by anti-abortion activists who have a shady, harmful agenda ...