Condoms for women

Neem contraceptive

Aiming for perfection

Boom-time for koalas

Alternative to vasectomy

Male contraceptive

Centre tightens the leash

Contraceptive chaos

SOUTH AFRICA

Quinacrine banned

Reliable remedy

Sharing love's labour

Why should women always take on the burden of contraception medications, and not men?

Scarred by violence and fundamentalism

1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.

Trials by violation

In favour of the pill

Emergency contraceptives are a better means to reduce the chances of pregnancy

Indigenous clue

Contraceptive chaos

Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use

Marketing abortion pills

Bad medicine

A drug suspected of having disastrous side-effects is being used as a contraceptive in Delhi

Risky decision

New injectable male contraceptive

A styrene maleic anhydride 'plug' has few side-effects and is reversible.

Contra indicative

Depo-Provera leads to diabetes, says study

Science & Technology - Bytes

Not the morning after remedy

Overuse of emergency contraceptives can kill

Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way

There has not been a new form of male birth control since no-scalpel vasectomy in 1980s