Relationship satisfaction and outcome in women who meet their partner while
using oral contraception.
Women with breast cancer were also more likely to have
used oral contraception (p = 0.04) than control women.
«Women who
used oral contraception when they met their partner tended to find him less attractive, engaged in compliant sex and rejected sexual advances more frequently as the relationship progressed, and were more likely to initiate separation if it occurred.»
Not exact matches
Campbell D, Thompson B, Pritchard C, Samphier M. Does the
Use of
Oral Contraception Depress DZ Twinning Rates?
Worldwide about 144 million women
use hormonal
contraception — around 41 million
use the injectable forms and 103 million take the
oral contraceptive pill.
Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley in the USA conducted a meta - analysis of all existing data examining the effect of
using the most commonly prescribed forms of hormonal
contraception (combined
oral contraceptives, progestin - only pills, and the injectable contraceptives DMPA and norethisterone enanthate) on HIV risk up to June, 2014.
Among the girls: 1.8 percent
used LARC; 5.7 percent
used Depo - Provera injection, patch or ring; 22.4 percent
used oral contraceptives; 40.8 percent
used condoms; 11.8 percent
used withdrawal or other method; 15.7 percent
used no
contraception; and 1.9 percent weren't sure.
Oral contraception is the second most common method of birth control, with about 10.4 million women
using «the pill» each year.
Premarin (the synthetic form of estrogen, formulated from the urine of pregnant horses) and Provera (the synthetic form of progesterone,
used for
oral contraception, which is counterintuitive as natural progesterone is required for conception) are the most commonly
used elements in hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Few people today would openly oppose interracial marriage (Loving v. Virginia), the right of married adults to
use contraception (Griswold v. Connecticut), or the right of consenting adults to engage in
oral sex (Lawrence v. Texas).
According to the consent data, 56.2 % of the women reported that a method of birth control had been
used but had failed (90.3 % reported condom failure, 7.9 % erratic
oral contraceptive
use and 1.8 % other forms of
contraception failure).
Studies show that
oral contraception is risky, while statistics show that men * in relationships * are not happy about
using condoms.
Some have built on this line of reasoning by suggesting that
oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage of
contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude Planned Parenthood from public programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that funding for the Title X national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be better
used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3
But putting all that aside, let's look at the how
oral contraceptives pills (OCPs) are actually
used in this country, and for what reasons besides
contraception.
One of the important barriers to the
use of
oral emergency
contraception has been lack of timely access to a physician.