Any pregnant woman who has ever cracked open a medicine cabinet is familiar with the warnings against using nearly every kind of medication, including those sold over the counter, from the moment of ...

What Will Happen If I Take Birth Control Pills While Pregnant: If you have taken birth control pills by mistake during pregnancy, do not panic too much. If you want, consult a doctor. However, birth ...

Abortion pills are safe and effective even very early in a pregnancy, a new study finds. Clinics and hospitals tend to defer medication abortions until a woman's pregnancy is confirmed using ...

Despite the fact that birth control pills are 99 percent effective, 9 percent of women who take oral contraceptives get pregnant each year. The reality is that life often gets in the way of taking a ...

Women using birth control pills may have a 20 times greater risk of an unplanned pregnancy than women using longer-acting forms of birth control like an intrauterine device (IUD) or implant, new ...