HHS Changing Its Tune on Contraceptive Access

Focus of Title X program shifting to 'natural family planning' and encouragement of pregnancy

MedpageToday

New scheme to allow NSW pharmacists to prescribe contraceptive pill

Patients will no longer have to visit the doctor to be dispensed the contraceptive pill, under a new pharmacy prescription scheme.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/nsw-pharmacists-able-to-prescribe-contraceptive-pill/106565912

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New scheme to allow NSW pharmacists to prescribe contraceptive pill

Patients will no longer have to visit the doctor to be dispensed the contraceptive pill, under a new pharmacy prescription scheme.

“the team showed that interrupting a key step in meiosis, the process that produces sex cells, can temporarily halt sperm production without causing lasting harm.”
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260407193844.htm
Scientists discover reversible male birth control that stops sperm production

Scientists at Cornell University may be closing in on the long-sought “holy grail” of male contraception: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal method that completely halts sperm production. In a breakthrough mouse study, researchers used a compound called JQ1 to temporarily shut down meiosis—the critical process that produces sperm—without causing lasting harm. After treatment stopped, sperm production bounced back, fertility returned, and the animals produced healthy offspring.

ScienceDaily

Action militante coup de poing contre la destruction de contraceptifs américains

Alors que des millions de contraceptifs financés par l’ #USAID vont être détruits, des associations (le #Planningfamilial, #AmnestyInternational ou encore #Médecinsdumonde) dénoncent un gaspillage aux lourdes conséquences pour la #santé reproductive dans les pays pauvres. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/international/article/nous-on-braque-une-action-militante-coup-de-poing-contre-la-destruction-de-contraceptifs-americains_262456.html

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China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate

From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births

The Guardian
Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, towards conception

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

Politico
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"But this year, the Trump administration delayed the standard application process for new grants. So clinics across the country are worried that the money they need will not become available Wednesday."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/title-x-funding-reproductive-health-care-lapse-rcna264959

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Title X funding for reproductive health care could lapse due to Trump admin delays

Some health clinics that rely on Title X grants to provide birth control, cancer screenings and STI tests are making plans to go without the funds they typically expect on April 1.

NBC News