/tags/birth-control Birth Control en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:33:43 GMT /health/2019-10-29/growing-number-of-pharmacies-across-west-can-prescribe-birth-control A growing number of pharmacists across the country are now offering birth control directly to patients -- no doctor’s visit required. That includes… Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:33:43 GMT /health/2019-10-29/growing-number-of-pharmacies-across-west-can-prescribe-birth-control Rae Ellen Bichell /science/2019-09-20/instead-of-killing-prairie-dogs-researchers-consider-birth-control Researchers are looking into what may be a peaceful solution to the timeless struggle against a Mountain West rodent. They’re giving prairie dogs birth… Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:41:40 GMT /science/2019-09-20/instead-of-killing-prairie-dogs-researchers-consider-birth-control Rae Ellen Bichell /health/2018-07-31/proposed-change-to-title-x-would-put-politics-in-the-exam-room-says-hickenlooper Gov. John Hickenlooper wants the federal government to withdraw a proposed rule that restricts conversations health care professionals can have with their… Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:58:21 GMT /health/2018-07-31/proposed-change-to-title-x-would-put-politics-in-the-exam-room-says-hickenlooper Stephanie Daniel /2018-04-02/colorados-teen-birth-rate-decline-coincides-with-better-iud-access Teen birth rates have been going down for a while now but in one mountain west state -- Colorado -- they’ve gone down more than the rest of the nation.... Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:39:03 GMT /2018-04-02/colorados-teen-birth-rate-decline-coincides-with-better-iud-access Ali Budner /health/2018-01-30/coloradans-can-now-use-app-to-fill-birth-control-prescriptions We’ve all said it -- sometimes joking, sometimes serious.“There’s an app for that.”For Coloradans seeking seeking birth control, that’s now a true… Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:12:22 GMT /health/2018-01-30/coloradans-can-now-use-app-to-fill-birth-control-prescriptions /health/2017-12-07/report-unintended-pregnancies-fall-sharply-in-colorado-thanks-to-long-acting-birth-control The teen pregnancy rate in the United States has been in decline for years-- but it’s dramatically decreased in Colorado. That’s mostly due to the… Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:59:34 GMT /health/2017-12-07/report-unintended-pregnancies-fall-sharply-in-colorado-thanks-to-long-acting-birth-control /politics/2017-10-27/colorado-d-c-roundup-budget-reproductive-rights-opioid-crisis Big news on the budget front dominated headlines out of D.C., while Colorado representatives also tackled issues ranging from birth control access to the… Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:40:58 GMT /politics/2017-10-27/colorado-d-c-roundup-budget-reproductive-rights-opioid-crisis