Contraception

Once costing Kiwi women up to $500, Pharmac have announced they will fully-fund the two hormone-releasing intrauterine devices from next month.

Birth control for women has been around for decades – but when is it the men’s turn?

Earrings are an item of jewellery that many women put on every day and soon it could also help prevent unwanted pregnancies.

While Chanelle McGlue was in a coma, her family prepared for the possibility that she might never wake up.

Complications that have previously stymied the creation of male oral contraceptives look to be overcome.

The rise of the at-home conception kit, which some say could be as effective as IVF but a whole lot cheaper.

The scientists have found there's a link between women on hormonal contraceptives and depression.

A new study has found only a few fertility apps are reliable.

Should there be easier access to contraceptives? Head of professional services for Green Cross Health, Alison Van Wyk, says we need to move with the times.

This month, as the news breaks of Holly Brockwell winning her battle for a publicly-funded sterilisation in Britain, Therese Henkin from The Australian Women’s Weekly looks at the situation in New Zealand and asks how easy is it to choose to be childless.