Use of natural methods, meanwhile, increased from 0.4% to 2.5% - still a minority but a significant rise that "needs investigating", say experts. What lies behind the rise of the contraception app?

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But before you get too, uh, excited, it's not as miraculous as it sounds. This birth control app is called Natural Cycles. It's billing itself as “the only approved contraceptive app out there ...

Looking for a more natural birth control method? You’ll want to know your options, what’s involved, and the drawbacks. The pull-out method is a form of birth control in which a man takes their ...

the Roman Catholic Church officially banned any "artificial" means of birth control. Condoms, diaphragms and cervical caps were defined as artificial, since they blocked the natural journey of ...

23-79 A.D. Pliny, the Roman writer of Natural History, counsels his readers to refrain from sex to avoid pregnancy. He is the first known advocate of abstinence as a form of birth control.

There has been a “significant increase” in the proportion of women seeking abortions who are using natural methods to prevent pregnancy rather than hormonal contraceptives, a study has suggested.

The bill would make it legal to sell contraceptives and contraceptive devices through vending machines in public schools.