Dr. Teal on Rachel Maddow: An IUD Is Not an Ongoing Abortion

“Young women weren’t the original market for IUDs, but we are trying to turn the paradigm on its head,” said Dr. Teal. “Instead of having to do something every single day to stay non-pregnant, let’s just do one thing and make non-pregnant the default state. Young women’s lives are very complex. And trying to take a pill at the same time every day—forget about it.”

Breakthrough Birth Control Pills Being Tested in Denver

CU Family Planning is recruiting select participants for an NIH clinical trial testing a breakthrough form of birth control. “This research will test the first completely new molecule to be used in daily contraception since the hormones progesterone and estrogen. It has the potential to be a major advancement, the introduction of a new first line contraceptive,” explains Dr. Stephanie Teal.