Birth control

Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find

At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections between 1966 and 1991.

A figurine depicting two angels in Inger Platou's home next to framed photographs of Inger's adopted sons, Gregorios and Daniel (then called Juan and Marcos) in her home in Nuuk, Greenland, May 25, 2026.
WOMEN PUSH strollers with young children through a commercial plaza featuring colorful decorations and play structures, including hot air balloon-themed displays, on May 20, 2025 in Chongqing, China.

China taxes condoms, contraceptives, in push to combat declining population

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen hold a doorstep at Marienborg, Lyngby-Taarbaek, Denmark, April 27, 2025.

Denmark apologizes for involuntary birth control campaign in Greenland

 A scientist studies cancer cells inside white blood cells through a microscope at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) research centre in Stevenage, Britain November 26, 2019.

New research shows promising results for innovative male contraception gel, reducing sperm count


Amid Iran's environmental, economic crises, Khamenei urges having more babies

But Iran's Environment Department head says that, "Without guaranteed imports, it will not be wise to increase the country's population."

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei smiles at a baby

Israel's fertility rate comparable to U.S. 'baby boom,' study finds

Among the population of ultra-Orthodox women, the average fertility rate is somewhere in the area of seven children per family.

Illustrative image of a newborn baby

Birth control in Jewish law: One rabbi says condoms might be OK

"We need to know that the use of condoms is possibly relevant even when there is no danger to the woman if she gets pregnant and only if birth control is permitted for her spouse."

Durex condoms are seen in a photo illustration in Manchester, Britain, July 31, 2018.

Breaking the silence: Birth control and its side effects

Today’s young women are self-aware and wise.

‘THE VAST majority of women are prescribed oral contraception with little to no instruction about how to take them, and with no mention about the emotional and physical stress it may cause.’

Hospitals requiring women to get rabbis’ permission for birth control

The Health Ministry is probing two hospitals for telling women who sought tubal ligation to obtain approval from what officials called "the hospital rabbis."

A MAN and his children cross the street in Bnei Brak while he speaks on his cellphone.