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What is emergency contraceptive?

Answer . Have you ever heard of the "Morning After Pill"?. It is something that can be used after intercourse, however do not rely on it alone. If you're going to have u… (MORE)

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What is a contraceptive?

Contraceptives is a name for various products that can allow people to have sex w/o getting pregnant. A condom for instance will not only protect against pregnancy, but also a… (MORE)

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What is the history of contraceptives?

1550 B.C. An Egyptian manuscript called the Ebers Papyrus directs women on how to mix dates, acacia and honey into a paste, smear it over wool and use it as a pessary to pr…event conception 1700s Casanova's memoirs detail his experiments in birth control, from sheep-bladder condoms to the use of half a lemon as a makeshift cervical cap 1839 Charles Goodyear invents the technology to vulcanize rubber and puts it to use manufacturing rubber condoms, intrauterine devices, douching syringes and "womb veils" 1873 Congress passes an antiobscenity law that deems birth control info obscene and outlaws its dissemination. At the time, the U.S. is the only Western nation to criminalize contraception 1880s A large cervical cap is developed--an early version of the diaphragm 1916 Margaret Sanger opens America's first family-planning clinic, in Brooklyn. It is shut down within 10 days 1921 Sanger founds the American Birth Control League, which later becomes the Planned Parenthood Federation of America 1930 Anglican bishops approve limited use of birth control; Pope Pius XI affirms church teaching against contraception 1938 A judge lifts the federal obscenity ban on birth control, but contraception remains illegal in most states 1951 Prompted by Sanger, Gregory Pincus begins research on the use of hormones in contraception. In Mexico City, chemist Carl Djerassi creates a progesterone pill 1954 John Rock, below, in collaboration with Pincus, bottom, conducts the first human Pill trial on 50 women in Massachusetts 1960 In May, the FDA announces its approval of Enovid as a birth control pill (almost half a million American women are already taking it for "therapeutic purposes") (Watch TIME's video "The Pill at 50: Freedom and Paradox.") 1965 In Griswold v. Connecticut , the Supreme Court strikes down state laws prohibiting contraception for married couples; 6.5 million American women are on the Pill 1970 Concerns about the Pill's safety and side effects prompt Senate hearings 1980s Lower-dose Pills dominate the market; 10.5 million American women are taking the Pill 2010 A new study of 46,000 women conducted over 40 years found that women on the Pill live longer and are less likely to die prematurely of all causes, including cancer and heart disease. Some 100 million women around the world use the Pill (MORE)

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Examples of contraceptives?

Condoms, IUDs, birth control pills, depot birth control medications (e.g. monthly, or quarterly), morning-after pill methods, contraceptive sponge, cervical cap, sterilization… (MORE)

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What is 'contraception'?

a drug , a condom , a pill , a implant ect ... these stop pregnancy or S.T.D's.

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Where can you get contraception?

Contraception is available at pharmacies, although it is available at many general stores too. Check the links below about picking a contraceptive and using condoms.

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What are the uses of contraceptives?

Birth control is typically used for preventing pregnancy, but it can also be used to regulate, shorten and/or lighten your period. Contraceptives can also decrease a females' … (MORE)

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Why are contraceptives important?

That is the only way for a woman to control her fertility if she wants to have a love life with her husband/boyfriend.

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What are the positive contraceptive?

Look up the term, Natural Family Planning. It does not harm your body, or the future child, and it brings you closer to your husband.

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How is contraception used?

It is taken / used as directed to prevent pregnancy. The Pill is taken daily, a condom is used only during sex - every method is different.