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Hormones play a major part in puberty, your menstrual cycle, and pregnancy. The hormones in birth control can affect your body in different ways, and people react differently to hormonal birth control ...

Lots of people discover early in life that touching their genitals feels good. But exploring your body doesn’t have to stop when you hit puberty — it can be a lifelong adventure! A part of your body ...

Imagine you’re in a sexual situation, and you know exactly what you want to do physically. Maybe you’re cuddling with a friend and you really want to kiss them, but you don’t want to go further than ...

Someone asked us: Can birth control make you gain weight? It depends. Most types of birth control don’t affect your weight. But there are some methods that may cause weight gain in some people. There ...

So much of the language used by folks trying to ban abortion is meant to shame people who have abortions and make them feel like their decision is wrong or immoral. Take, for example, the phrase “late ...

If you’ve ever gone along with sexual activity but didn’t really want to, you may have been sexually coerced. Sexual coercion is using pressure or influence to get someone to agree to sex. People can ...

Someone asked us: I had an abortion with pills and I’m worried that my doctor will find out. Can you tell if someone had an abortion? There’s a small chance that your medication abortion won’t work ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rural and underserved communities will be hardest hit by the Senate-passed reconciliation bill that “defunds” Planned Parenthood, devastating communities that already face severe ...

We get a lot of questions about the difference between STI and STD, and the answer is actually pretty simple: there isn’t really a difference. STD stands for “sexually transmitted disease,” and STI ...

Finding and taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy without the help of a doctor or nurse is called “self-managed abortion” (which some people call an “at-home abortion”). It’s a fairly common ...

Doulas support many different types of people going through a range of life experiences — including death, gender transition, birth, and abortion. Some doulas have a specific focus, while others ...