Blanket term for any of several methods used to prevent fertilization or pregnancy from resulting due to a sexual act.
Questions tagged [contraception]
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Does contraception cause infidelity and/or divorce?
Related: Natural family planning and divorce rates
A friend of mine attended Catholic Mass today and shared that the homily was entirely about contraception. From her summary, the gist was that the priest suggested that artificial contraception has…
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Are contraceptives unaffordable for female students at Georgetown Law?
At a hearing before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Sandra Fluke said:
"Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school. For a lot of students who, like me, are on public…
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Does "Plan B" (Levonorgestrel) prevent implantation of fertilized eggs?
A common claim made by those who consider contraceptives abortifacients is that "Plan B" (Levonorgestrel) may work by preventing implantation of fertilized eggs. For example, this answer points out that the product labeling for Plan B includes the…
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Does the availability of modern contraception only explain 10% of human fertility reduction?
It is widely assumed that the most important factor leading to large family sizes and fast population growth is the lack of availability of contraception.
But Tim Worstall's book Chasing Rainbows says:
...the availability of contraception only…
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Are the birth-control hormones present in the drinking water?
According to this article, the birth-control hormones were found in the rivers and even ended up in the drinking water.
Amway dealers claim that only their water purifier can remove these hormones since they are too small to be extracted by a…
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Side Effects: Male vs Female Birth Control
Occasionally in the news or related information outlets one sees information about a male pill, eg (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
One claim which I have heard/read on multiple occasions is the following:
birth control for men could exist, but men won't…
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Does birth control decrease gray matter in the brain?
I read once that women who take birth control pills experience decreases in gray matter.
The researchers found that certain regions of the cortex were thinner in women who took birth control pills than in women who were not on the pill.
Birth…
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Is the cervix pierced during the insertion of an IUD?
From this reddit post:
This is the first step to the insertion of an IUD. They are piercing
the cervix with no anesthesia or local numbing and it's most common
for clients to be unaware of this step.
This seems fake, but i didn't see any comments…
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Is McDonald's exempt from the HHS Contraception Mandate?
The President of Eden Foods, a natural and organic food distributor, recently wrote:
The exemptions under the Act are illogical, inconsistent, and contributing factors to our lawsuit. For instance, McDonald's Inc. and 166 unions are…
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