Know your birth control percentages
Unplanned parenthood happens every day. Remember that whenever there is sperm and eggs there is a chance for pregnancy no matter what birth control measures you take. There is not a single birth control method on the market that is 100 percent effective from preventing pregnancy. Not even tying your tubes or hysterectomies are full proof. The only full proof method of not getting pregnant is to not have sex.Birth control pills, one of the most effective types of birth control, can not be effective if you forget a dose. And even if you take it correctly you still have a slight chance of getting pregnant. Another traditional form of birth control are condoms. Latex and vinyl condoms will prevent STDs, including HBV and HIV/AIDS from passing from one partner to another and prevent sperm from gaining access to the female reproductive tract. Male condoms can be faulty and most packages warn of 85 to 98 percent effectiveness. Female condoms are another choice but are 79 to 95 percent effective but they will also protect against STDs, including HBV and HIV/AIDS. Spermicide, whether foam or film, only has up to 80 percent effectiveness and that is with perfect use.
Get to know your birth control options and facts. Here is a link to a chart produced by Advocates For Youth on the effectiveness of contraceptives.
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Christi 6-21-2007 @ 11:37PM
The issue I have with the chart is that no protection does not mean no method. Calendar rhythm and standard days methods have a typical use failure rate of 25% and the calendar rhythm method has a perfect use failure rate of up to 9% and and it's 5% for standard days method. As for sympto-thermal based methods such as Natural Family Planning (NFP) and Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), they can have a perfect use failure rate as low as 1% and NFP can have typical use failure rate of up to 25% while FAM’s failure rates would have to take into acount whatever back-up methods are used.
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