Newsweek's uninformed freak-out over possible Trump administration policy on birth control

Newsweek Staff Writer Marie Solis is sounding the alarm that “the Trump administration wants to replace reliable birth control methods with ‘fertility awareness,’ a dubious family planning method that fails nearly a quarter of women every year.” Claiming that fertility awareness-based methods are the same as the “rhythm method,” they imply that women with irregular periods or young girls can’t learn to chart their cycle, and that this could be a “disaster for women’s health.”

However, Newsweek is wrong on all accounts.