Contraception and family planning
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The pill put condoms out of style – now fashion designers are reviving a flaccid marketFrom Saint Laurent’s £5 specimen to a Diesel-Durex collab, spring/summer 2023 is the season of the aesthetically pleasing prophylactic
Rightwing disinformation on Plan B vending machines at colleges ‘harmful to young lives’
Experts raise concerns that conservative backlash could stymie access to emergency contraception and spread disinformation
US regulators approve first over-the-counter contraceptive pill
No age restriction on sales for Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill, which will be available in stores and online early next year
The long read
‘People are like, Wow!’: the man trying to make condoms sexyThe pill’s effects on women can be devastating. We need better information, now
Kate MuirRevealed: huge disparities in birth control prescriptions across England
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Idol; Gods of Tennis; Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution; Significant Other – review
TV review
Davina McCall’s Pill Revolution review – this powerful documentary could save livesTell us: have you faced barriers to accessing contraception in the UK?
Access to contraception has got harder in England, top doctor says
Other lives
Dorothy Milne obituaryFDA panel unanimously recommends first over-the-counter birth control pill
Disabled Australian women face forced sterilisation, abortion and contraception, health groups say
Great news, a contraceptive pill for men without side-effects! Now how about one for women?
Zoe Williams
The Week in Patriarchy
In Florida, parents are always right – even when they think a Michelangelo is pornArwa MahdawiA principal was fired after a Renaissance art class was shown David in the latest example of the state’s censorship crusade
Should I worry about the cancer risk from hormonal contraceptives?
While these drugs carry a greater breast cancer risk, those chances are very small for people under 40
All hormonal contraceptives ‘carry small increased risk of breast cancer’
Research finds use of progestogen is associated with a 20-30% higher risk but this falls after no longer taking it
Male contraceptive taken shortly before sex shows promise, say scientists
Taliban fighters stop chemists selling contraception
George Washington University installs emergency contraception vending machine
Students led effort over concern for reproductive rights after supreme court struck down constitutional right to abortion
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