Contraception

Health

The terminators: using abortion as a form of contraception

Sarah Berry Grace* 31, was 18 when she had her first abortion. Since then, she has had five.

My Jennaration

Forget granny knickers, 'granny guilt' is uglier

Everybody Loves Raymond

Jenna Clarke The members of "Generation Jones" are retiring from their Yuppie ways and have adopted a Gordon Gekko style of grandparenting.

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Safe sex campaign targets older women

Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the over 50s.

Katherine Feeney A new sex health campaign is targeting people outside the "condom generation".

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Fact v fiction

Birth control: myths and misconceptions

Contraceptive pill, contraception.

Dr Deborah Bateson How contraception affects fertility, weight and your risk of cancer.

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Purity myth

When is a virgin, a virgin?

Lolo Jones.

Matty Silver The abstinence movement is bending the definition of "virgin" beyond recognition, writes Matty Silver.

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Contraception

Is the Pill safe after 40?

Contraceptive pill, contraception.

Dr Deborah Bateson Yes. But not only for contraception. The Pill provides a host of other health benefits to women at this stage of life, writes Dr Deborah Bateson.

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A photo album called 'abortion'

The HBO series Girls discussed the issue of abortion in it's second ever episode. It has since been nominated for five Emmys.

Jenna Clarke Why would a woman take photos of the abortion of her child?

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Drug bungle

Pregnancy warning as drug company admits contraceptive pill bungle

Contraceptive pill

Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugmaker, has recalled 1 million birth-control packs after discovering that pills were mixed up inside the packages, possibly putting women at risk for unintended...

Girls gone mild

The hook-up myth

Sex

Rachel Hills Thanks to raunch culture and "Jersey Shore", it’s easy to believe that young people are at it like rabbits. The truth is a bit more complex, writes Rachel Hills.

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Unrealised dreams

Grieving for a child she never had

Gillian Guthrie

A new book reveals the pain of women who are childless - but not by choice.

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