A cervical cap is a little cup made from soft silicone and shaped like a sailor's hat. You put it deep inside your vagina to cover your cervix. The type of cervical cap that you can get in the U.S. is ...

Accidents happen. That’s why there’s emergency contraception — a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. There are a few different kinds of emergency ...

Before you visit, please call to make an appointment and request gender affirming hormone therapy. In most cases your clinician will be able to prescribe hormones the same day as your first visit. No ...

Most people who are assigned female at birth identify as girls or women, and most people who are assigned male at birth identify as boys or men. These people are cisgender (or cis). Some people have a ...

Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect – Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida can no longer provide abortion care for patients who are more than 6 weeks pregnant, unless they ...

Abortion is a safe way to end pregnancy. There are two kinds of abortion in the U.S. — in-clinic abortion and the abortion pill. Some Planned Parenthood health centers provide one or both kinds of ...

Queer is a word that describes sexual and gender identities other than straight and cisgender. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people may all identify with the word queer. Queer is sometimes ...

You’re transgender (or trans) if your gender identity is different from the sex the doctor assigned you at birth. For example, you may be transgender if you were assigned male at birth and know you’re ...

Many people who have genital herpes don’t show symptoms, or the symptoms are so mild they don’t notice them — so they might not even know they have it. When herpes does cause symptoms, the most common ...

Planned Parenthood believes you deserve high-quality, compassionate health care — no matter your gender identity. Most of our health centers provide hormone therapy and other gender-affirming services ...

How do pregnancy tests work? Pregnancy tests are an easy and accurate way to find out if you’re pregnant — you just pee on a stick. They’re inexpensive and available at most drug and grocery stores.

Birth control pills (AKA “the pill”) are a kind of medicine with hormones that you take every day to prevent pregnancy. There are many different kinds. Get the facts on all the birth control methods: ...