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Your guide to birth control: starting, switching, or going back

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Making decisions about sex, birth control, and health
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Making decisions about sex, birth control, and health

How to determine what’s right for you when it comes to decisions about sex, healthcare, and birth control.

Taking Birth Control

5 birth control tips to get as close as possible to "perfect use"
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5 birth control tips to get as close as possible to "perfect use"

One thing that all birth control methods have in common—they are much more effective when used perfectly.

How insurance providers deny access to no-cost birth control
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How insurance providers deny access to no-cost birth control

If your health insurance provider isn’t providing birth control at no cost, they may be violating a federal law.

Hormones & Health

What are the hormones in hormonal birth control?
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What are the hormones in hormonal birth control?

Used correctly, hormonal birth control is very effective at preventing unplanned pregnancy.

8 unexpected health benefits of birth control
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8 unexpected health benefits of birth control

Birth control does more than prevent unplanned pregnancy.

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