When it comes to family planning, more women are choosing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the contraceptive implant, say respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.
The upswing of use of long-acting reversible contraception is making an impact on the use of combined oral contraceptives (oCs), according to responses to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.
Birth control sabotage in which a partner deliberately pokes holes in condoms, destroys birth control pills, or tampers with the efficacy of a method is not uncommon.
While several protocols are available to start women on a combined oral contraceptive (OC), respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey are firmly behind the Quick Start method of pill initiation.
