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Topic: iud

Woman Holding Birth Control Pills (Getty Images/Laura Olivas)

TikTok promotes birth control misinfo

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A copper IUD, intrauterine device (VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

IUD update is progress for female pain

Nicole Karlis
Alexander Skarsgard and Sarah Snook in "Succession" (Macall Polay/HBO)

Succession: We have questions about Shiv

Whitney Friedlander
Britney Spears (Getty Images/Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Spears highlights the dark side of IUDs

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Women receiving surprise bills for IUD

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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Pregnancy bullies

Mélanie Berliet - Thought Catalog
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, Planned Parenthood supporters rally for women's access to reproductive health care on "National Pink Out Day'' at Los Angeles City Hall. One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Trump sent mixed signals during the campaign about the 100-year-old organization which provides birth control, abortions and various women's health services. He said "millions of women are helped by Planned Parenthood," but also endorsed efforts to defund it. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) (AP)

Valerie Tarico - Alternet
Ted Cruz (Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich)

Cruz's "condom police" denial

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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New war on your birth control

Valerie Tarico
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Jenny Kutner
Joni Ernst (AP/Justin Hayworth)

Valerie Tarico - Alternet
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Jenny Kutner
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Jenny Kutner
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan (Face the Nation)

Katie McDonough
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