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contraceptive

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


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Clay Felker, the editor of Esquire, asked her to write about the social effects of the contraceptive pill, which was new at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

Jade Boden-de Mel first experienced "unbearable" pain at 17 but says medics could not identify the cause and prescribed the contraceptive pill to manage it.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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

Other options that have been mooted included giving pigeons contraceptives.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

In contrast to China’s coercive one-child policy, Thailand’s “reproductive revolution” was the result of a voluntary rollout of contraceptives, including to married women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The long-acting contraceptives business focuses on methods that prevent pregnancy for a long period of time, such as the intrauterine device, according to Bayer’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In many states, for example, pharmacists now prescribe medications such as contraceptives and flu treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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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