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birth control

[burth kuhn-trohl] / ˈbɜrθ kənˌtroʊl /


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Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Father-of-five Jason Day jokingly described the occasion as "a circus", with Clark adding: "As a man with no kids I'll say it's great birth control but it's a lot of fun."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“As providers, we should learn how to treat it, rather than covering it up with birth control pills or progesterone,” she said.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

On Evie, a reader can scroll from “7 Iced Starbuck Dupes With a Fraction of the Calories” to meditations on the health risks of hormonal birth control and vaccines that skirt any of the benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

They also had less access to birth control.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt



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