contraceptive
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"One option is to explore if one of our 'traffic-control' enzymes could be safely targeted as a nonhormonal male or female contraceptive," she added.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026
Now, the women are making choices on contraceptive methods based on the funding cuts.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
The justices have already dealt with the contraceptive mandate and the Little Sisters twice, and this latest challenge seems designed to irritate them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
She cited aspirin drawing on formulations using willow tree bark, contraceptive pills developed from yam plant roots and child cancer treatments based on Madagascar's rosy periwinkle flower.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
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
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