https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5929807

Saheli, a 'non-steroidal non-hormonal contraceptive pill'. Saheli dosage starts 1 pill per half-week for ... (?), then 1 pill weekly. Basically induce a brief, mini-menopause that stops when you stop the pills. https://saheliinfo.com/clinical-evidence

Then! ONE-YEAR vaginal ring Annovera. Unlike monthly-ish vaginal rings, (https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/6449/smpc) this thicker vaginal ring holds enough for 13 cycles with one week bleeding breaks, or 12 if you skip periods. Think "buff NuvaRing". https://www.annoverahcp.com/

Speaking of intra-uterine system / device options: the UK does several! We are no longer stuck with the larger, higher dose Mirena hIUS. https://www.mirena.co.uk/ I want the smaller, lower dose (but shorter duration) Jaydess https://www.fsrh.org/Public/Public/Documents/ceu-product-review-jaydess-apr-14.aspx or Kyleena. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/769/smpc

(You can fit a non-hormonal IUD copper coil as emergency contraception, within 10 days of unprotected sex. Fitting it as regular birth control anytime otherwise is also fine, when not pregnant.) https://patient.info/sexual-health/long-acting-reversible-contraceptives-larc/intrauterine-contraceptive-device

Finally, vasectomy. New part is "I found multiple cases where doctors did their own vasectomies". This may be helpful for hesitant cis men and AMAB people to know. Vasectomies are reversible ("easily", according to a medical nerd friend, but obv different people's bodies respond to things in weird, cool ways, so everything depends). https://www.baus.org.uk/_userfiles/pages/files/Patients/Leaflets/Vasectomy.pdf

I am not a doctor. Even if I were, I am not YOUR doctor. I do not have access to your medical records.
I'm just infodumping useful info to prevent unwanted pregnancies, minimise unplanned pregnancies, and mitigate risks. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/contraception-sterilization/management/male-sterilization-vasectomy/

When mix-ups get you pregnant, while you don't want to get pregnant! Check your medicine cupboard. "Sahpra said the affected contraceptive pills were distributed between 3 and 24 November 2023. " #YasPlus #Bayer #SouthAfrica #contraceptive #BabyBoom https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-11-21-pharmaceutical-giant-recalls-compromised-batch-of-contraceptive-pills-in-sa-after-packaging-mix-up/

America’s Top #Archivist Puts a Rosy Spin on U.S. #History—Pruning the Thorny Parts

“For an #exhibit about #patents that had changed the world, Shogan directed that the patent for the #contraceptive pill be replaced. Aides substituted the patent for television. During discussions about what to use instead of the #birth-control pill, an aide to Shogan suggested a patent for the bump stock, a device that allows a semiautomatic weapon to operate as a machine gun…”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/america-s-top-archivist-puts-a-rosy-spin-on-u-s-history-pruning-the-thorny-parts/ar-AA1tacpf

#Male #contraceptive disables #sperm
#Men produce several million sperm per day—1,000/s. To prevent #pregnancy, all of these need to be stopped from reaching an egg. Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is needed to trigger sperm swimming. Male mice engineered to lack sAC are infertile. Men who have naturally occurring mutations that inactivate sAC are also infertile. #NIH-funded team of researchers, developed a compound called #TDI11861 that binds and inhibits sAC.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/male-contraceptive-disables-sperm

#Overthecounter #birthcontrol will soon be available in #stores.

#Opill, the nation’s first over-the-counter #oral #contraceptive #pill, will be available this month. Opill is a daily progestin-only pill, meaning there’s no estrogen in it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #BirthControl

https://prismreports.org/2024/03/07/over-the-counter-birth-control-available-soon/

First over-the-counter #BirthControl pill in US to go on sale later this month
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/opill-birth-control-pill

> #Opill is being shipped to retailers and pharmacies, and its arrival on shelves comes at a deeply fraught time for #ReproductiveRights

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Greenlandic women sue Danish state for #contraceptive ‘violation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/greenlandic-women-sue-danish-state-for-contraceptive-violation-coil

> Group of 143 allege they were fitted with coils without consent or knowledge between 1966 and 1970, when some were children

What is Ryeqo, the recently approved medicine for endometriosis?
https://theconversation.com/what-is-ryeqo-the-recently-approved-medicine-for-endometriosis-224237 #medicine #women #endometriosis #ryeqo #australia #relugolix #estradiol #norethisterone #contraceptive

Scientists Discover Simple Way to Boost the Effectiveness of Popular Emergency Contraceptive Pill
A recent study revealed that taking piroxicam with the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill significantly prevents more pregnancies than levonorgestrel alone.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-simple-way-to-boost-the-effectiveness-of-popular-emergency-contraceptive-pill/ #emergency #contraceptive #pill #boost #effectiveness #pregnancy #piroxicam #levonorgestrel

Japan to launch "morning-after pills" trial sale without prescription
Japan's health ministry said Monday it will allow the sale of emergency contraceptives without prescription on a trial basis from this summer, a major step toward joining dozens of other countries that already allow over-the-counter sales of such drugs at pharmacies.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/06/7357ec74ba67-japan-to-launch-morning-after-pills-trial-sale-without-prescription.html #japan #MorningAfter #OTC #contraceptive #norlevo

#ExecutiveOrder on Strengthening Access to Affordable High-Quality Contraception & Family Planning Services June 23, 2023 - ensure coverage of comprehensive #contraceptive care, including all contraceptives approved, granted, or cleared by #FDA, without cost sharing for enrollees, participants, and beneficiaries; and streamline the process for patients and #healthcare providers to request coverage, without cost sharing, of #MedicallyNecessary contraception. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/23/executive-order-on-strengthening-access-to-affordable-high-quality-contraception-and-family-planning-services/ #WomensHealth

Women who used combined #contraceptive pills were at greater risk of developing #depression than women who did not, according to a new study from Uppsala University. Contraceptive pills increased women’s risk by 73 per cent during the first two years of use.
#Psychiatry #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/06/psyc06132301.html

#Kansas has just made it #illegal to #wee at #women’s and #girls’ #public #toilets if you’re #perimenopausal or #menopausal, taking the #contraceptive #Pill, or you don’t #ovulate for any another #medical reason.

"This is where #antitrans #madness leads."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Kansas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate.
https://womensagenda.com.au/politics/world/women-banned-from-public-toilets-under-extreme-anti-trans-law-in-kansas/

Discovery of a #gene in multiple mammalian species could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal #male #contraceptive for humans and animals.
#Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/04/bio04172301.html

Texas counties with higher abortion-rate declines in 2010 and 2015 had more publicly funded contraceptive clinics and served more contraceptive clients than counties with lower declines, underscoring the importance of access to publicly funded contraceptive services.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36649327

The birth rate is going down!!!
Humanity is going extinct if we don't force women to give birth to crotch goblins they didn't want.