NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors require that women have a pelvic exam before they can get a prescription for birth control pills, despite guidelines saying that the step is unnecessary, a new ...

Physicians usually require an annual pelvic exam before prescribing oral birth control to women, but the two practices have no medical reason to be linked. Indeed, according to a consortium of ...

In the United States, you do not have to go to a gynecologist for birth control. People can get contraception from pharmacies, walk-in clinics, and drug stores. Another option is telehealth platforms, ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which stripped away the constitutional protection of abortion rights, some abortion-ban states and pro-life politicians have turned their attention ...