It's one of the most popular forms of birth control, a device implanted into a woman's arm called Nexplanon, but it could get lost inside a woman's body and cause life-threatening complications.

The FDA first announced their intention to provide a safety update about Essure late yesterday evening. Today's much anticipated report comes on the heals of a private citizen petition that raised ...

WASHINGTON (Circa) — A Circa investigation uncovered unsettling complications related to a popular birth control implant that's designed to prevent pregnancy for years. Nexplanon, a matchstick-sized ...

The United States has announced plans to incinerate $9.7 million in contraceptives intended for distribution in lower-income countries. Here, Chiedza Emmanuel, 20, waits to undergo a contraceptive ...

Twice a month, a 40-foot-long truck transformed into a mobile clinic travels the Rio Grande Valley to provide rural Texans with women’s health care, including birth control. The clinic, called the ...

A Sept. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a picture of a gold microchip resting on a person's fingertip. “Bill Gates has invented a birth control microchip that can be switched on ...