By: Alice Murray Fertility tracking has been used for decades, both as a form of birth control and a way of understanding menstrual and reproductive health. Fertility awareness methods (“FAM”) can include a range of things like daily records of fertility signals, temperature tracking and checking cervical fluids (Planned Parenthood). FAM can be a very appealing method of birth control to many people as it has no physical side effects, doesn't involve visits to the doctor or p

In our recent survey, 95.9% of our 295 respondents told us that they believed contraception is in need of reform. CERT (Contraception Education and Reform Team) say enough is enough and that this needs to change. We are a policy research team affiliated with the Buchanan Institute - Scotland’s only student led think tank. In 2019, we recorded the responses of over 300 participants in a scope survey about their contraceptive experiences, and published a report detailing our fi

By: Sophie Butcher This piece was originally written for Polygeia about a joint project we are working on with them entitled "What Constitutes a Positive Contraceptive Experience?" Our research project is answering the question: ‘what constitutes a positive contraceptive experience?’. This question is designed to encompass many different aspects of an individual’s contraceptive experience: their ability to make informed choices, the support available to them in making those c