The MAHA-Fueled Myth of “Natural Family Planning”

Fertility awareness is being repackaged as empowerment. The evidence says it is not protection.

Fertility awareness is being sold as empowerment. In practice, it’s ineffective, inequitable, and ideologically driven. Evidence, not ideology, must guide family planning.

The “natural” family planning revival now sweeping through social media and conservative circles is not new. It is the old rhythm method reborn, dressed in the language of wellness, fa…