More than 25 years ago, while living in Australia, Karen Beitzel and her husband were looking for an alternative to the birth control pill. Beitzel saw advertisements for a method that allowed women ...

The Billings Method enables women, through observing the natural signs of fertility, to achieve or avoid pregnancy. Over 99% effective for postponing/avoiding pregnancy, but has no harmful side ...

Drs. Evelyn and John Billings are pictured in the garden of their home in Melbourne, Australia, in this 2004 file photo. The couple are being celebrated as potential saints by those in the medical ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — What began in response to a simple request from his pastor ended up becoming Dr. John Billings’ life’s work. The father of modern natural family planning, Billings died April 1, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia – John Billings, the founder of a natural contraception method that won support among Catholics, has died, a colleague said Tuesday. He was 89. Billings died late Sunday at a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — John Billings, the founder of a natural-contraception method that won support among Catholics, died Sunday. He was 89. Mr. Billings died at a Melbourne retirement home, said ...

The recent passing of Dr. John Billings April 1, 2007, at 89 years of age will elicit, throughout the world, two kinds of responses. The first will concern his illustrious career as a medical doctor, ...

Ovulation is an important process during the menstrual cycle, which can determine whether you are able to get pregnant, and when. Although many of us learned in health class that unprotected sex at ...