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contraceptive

[kon-truh-sep-tiv] / ˌkɒn trəˈsɛp tɪv /


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My smart ring captures nightly skin-temperature data for Natural Cycles, an FDA-cleared digital contraceptive.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Established in 1970 under the Public Health Service Act, the Title X program has traditionally aimed to provide access to affordable services, including contraceptive methods, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and sexually transmitted infection testing.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

Organon is best known for its Nexplanon contraceptive implant, but also offers fertility treatments and an expanding pipeline of biosimilars, Food and Drug Administration-approved versions of existing drugs.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

If developed for human use, this type of male contraceptive could be delivered as an injection given every three months or possibly as a patch to maintain effectiveness, Cohen said.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

Ritual and ethical absention and the use of contraceptive drugs seem to have played the major part in maintaining this stability.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The asset-management firm agreed to buy a minority stake in Bayer’s long-acting reversible contraceptives business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Usually, invasive species are deliberately targeted by humans to try to bring them under control, like the initiative to feed contraceptives to grey squirrels.

From BBC May 30, 2026

The teen birthrate fell 7% last year, extending a yearslong decline related to public-health campaigns and growing use of longer-acting contraceptives.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

Faye wants education about the condition in schools for both boys and girls, and for doctors to do more than issue contraceptives.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

—Gethenians tend to have their children young; most of them, after the age of twenty-four or so, use contraceptives, and they cease to be fertile in the female phase at about forty.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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