A qualified doctor, she worked for a pharmaceutical company that specialized in birth-control research, and has gone on to become its managing director.
While there hasn't been research to connect brain aneurysms and birth control, some research has connected an increased risk of blood clots with the use of combination hormonal contraception.
Women's health advocates and other supporters of no-fee birth control cite research showing that the Obama-era policies have been beneficial to consumers.
If you're trying to avoid getting pregnant, here's another reason to mistrust the rhythm method of birth control: New research confirms that the fluid in semen, long dismissed as primarily a vehicle for sperm, contains a substance that can trigger ovulation and other pregnancy-supporting hormonal responses in female mammals.
John H. Marburger III, a physicist, former college president and Democrat who served as science adviser to President George W. Bush and was frequently called on to defend his policies on birth control, stem cell research and climate change, died Thursday at his home in Port Jefferson, Long Island.
Back then, he supported legislation that would end all legal abortion, most common forms of birth control, stem-cell research, and in vitro fertilization.
Lawmakers are currently considering two "fetal personhood" measures that would effectively ban abortion in the state and complicate the legality of birth control, stem cell research and in vitro fertilization.
The amendment would ban abortion in the state, without exceptions for rape, incest or life of the mother, and it could affect the legality of some forms of birth control, stem cell research and in vitro fertilization.
Mr. Mott's philanthropy went toward causes like birth control, abortion rights, sex research, arms control, feminism, civil liberties, governmental reform, gay rights and research on extrasensory perception.
Ever since he took office, President Obama has been given a cold reception by some Roman Catholic bishops in the United States who have repeatedly emphasized their church's differences with him on abortion, birth control and stem cell research.
Never mind that the federal money only goes toward birth control, not abortion, and research shows that every dollar spent on birth control saves $4 in Medicaid costs alone.
