We know there's a lot of uncertainty now — Planned Parenthood is here for you and will continue to be. Our health centers are open in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, western Washington, and ...

The Trump administration and Congress have “defunded” Planned Parenthood as part of a years-long strategy to shut down ...

Gender affirming hormone therapy — including testosterone — isn’t birth control. This means that trans men can get pregnant even if they’re on testosterone (T) and even if they don’t have their period ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Someone asked us: What birthcontrols dont cause dryness down there? I'm currently on Nexplanon. Vaginal dryness is a hormonal side effect of some birth control methods that contain the hormones ...

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 ...

What are your different forms of abortion? There are two kinds of abortion — the abortion pill and in-clinic abortion. Medication abortion (also known as the abortion pill) consists of using two ...

Whether you’re getting the copper or hormonal IUD, long-term birth control methods are a great decision for lots of people. IUDs are convenient, easy to use, and very, very good at preventing ...

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 ...

If a cisgender man or person assigned male at birth takes hormonal birth control (like the pill) once or twice, nothing will happen. Taking birth control pills won’t do anything to help prevent ...