The ban on the pill led to much sorrow and frustration, but determined couples found imaginative ways to cope and work around it.
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Long-term or historical use of oral contraceptives may lead to an increased risk of depression in later years; understanding the risk will better inform the decision whether or not to take the pill.
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
Men want to have a say in conversations about contraception – but they’re worried about imposing on women’s autonomy.
Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.
There are more than 30 different types of contraceptive pills. But brand names such as Microgynon, Levlen, Yaz and Brenda give little indication of the ingredients, dose or who should use them.
Women on the pill are able to manipulate or suppress their menstrual cycles to have fewer “periods”, or to avoid bleeding at important or inconvenient times.
We usually focus on the physical health effects of the pill, yet the most common reason women stop or change the pill is mental health side effects.
Before the pill, contraceptive options were extremely limited and generally required the cooperation of the male partner. Almost 60 years later, the pill remains the mainstay of contraception.
It’s 40 years since the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby. But our long read explains how infertility has a much longer history.
New research with elite sportswomen found half use hormonal contraceptives.
Australian women were once largely seen as reproducers, rather than lovers: sexual pleasure was suspect. Attitudes have changed, yet our culture is still troubled by female desire.
Why research into male contraception keeps hitting the buffers.
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Reader in History and Deputy Dean of Humanities (Research), University of Essex
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Lecturer in Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Essex
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PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
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Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer - Hospital Clínic Barcelona / IDIBAPS. Profesor Agregado de Farmacología Clínica, Universitat de Barcelona
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Senior lecturer in reproductive Biology, University of Sheffield
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Deputy Director of Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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Professor in Gender History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland