Trend away from hormonal contraception corresponds to rise in abortion rates, say researchers Women in England and Wales are increasingly ditching the pill in favour of fertility-tracking apps, ...

The number of women seeking abortions after using fertility apps has surged ten-fold in five years. Around 2.5 percent of terminations were among women who relied on ‘fertility awareness-based methods ...

There has been a shift away from the use of more reliable hormonal methods of contraception to less reliable fertility awareness methods among women requesting abortion in England and Wales over the ...

A growing share of women who seek abortions were using period-tracking apps or other fertility awareness methods when they ...

The popularity of period-tracking apps has risen over the last five years, but they may not be suitable for managing your fertility. (Getty Images) The number of women in England and Wales turning ...

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A federal court has blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to exclude fertility-awareness methods from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate in a win for advocates of natural family ...

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Perhaps you’re old enough to remember the “calendar rhythm method" of birth control. Before the Pill became available in the late 1960s, the “rhythm method” was quite popular, especially among those ...