From the front lines of contraception

Tabitha M. Powledge rounds up the latest news on advances in birth control, both scientific and political — a new Obamacare rule that inflames the right wing, wider acceptance for the IUD and implants, and a protocol for safe self-induced abortions, courtesy of the World Health Organization. Powledge writes: "Effective birth control is, arguably, the most important human invention since language. Also the most important contribution of science to human welfare ever."

May 16, 2015

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