Tennessee woman says hospital canceled her sterilization surgery while admitted to hospital

The woman said she had been seeking a salpingectomy — a surgery that removes the fallopian tubes — after years of trying ...
Truthout

TN Hospital Denies Woman Sterilization Surgery, Citing Her “Sacred Fertility”

The decision by Ascension comes less than a year after Tennessee Republicans passed House Bill 1044 into law last April. The law, otherwise known as the Medical Ethics Defense Act, grants doctors and ...
WBUR

Birth control options for all: Planned Parenthood in Mass. now offers vasectomies

Planned Parenthoods in the state are now offering vasectomy services after they saw a jump in requests for them after President Trump’s election in 2024. The procedures began Saturday, timed cheekily ...
Iowa Public Radio

They rely on birth control to manage health conditions. Now, they worry about access

Sarah Slater and her daughter Trinity McClellan, 12, both use birth control to curb symptoms caused by chronic period pain. Using birth control is life or death for Kendall Hantelman. She was ...
Houston Public Media

Influencers criticize birth control and push 'natural' methods. Here's what to know

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...
WLRN

Why some young women are questioning their birth control — and why doctors are worried

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...