{"id":351974,"date":"2016-04-04T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/family\/reproductive-rights\/developments-in-birth-control-law.html"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:23:00","slug":"developments-in-birth-control-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/family\/reproductive-rights\/developments-in-birth-control-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Birth Control Rights and Bans in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Birth Control Rights and Bans in the U.S.<\/h1>\n
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\n By Hannah Hilst<\/a> | Legally reviewed by Laura Temme, Esq.<\/a>\n | Last updated\n
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Reproductive rights can affect your autonomy, health, and family. These laws include birth control protections. But the government has both expanded and limited contraceptive access before. Birth control laws will likely continue to change.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

The main purpose of birth control is to prevent pregnancy. Birth control methods include oral pills, medical devices, and physical barriers. Some methods can also decrease the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or treat medical conditions.<\/p>\r\n

Birth control laws regulate how and when you can access contraception. These laws shift as scientific, cultural, and political factors affect the United States.<\/p>\r\n

Family planning is also very personal. It involves making intimate life decisions, such as if and when you will have children. People often rely on moral or religious beliefs to guide them. Those beliefs also extend to how they vote and view reproductive rights. Birth control is part of a long political controversy<\/a> about the American way of life.<\/p>\r\n

Find out how the history of birth control laws may shape their future below:<\/p>\r\n