Contraceptives Birth Control Methods
Since the beginning of time, women have tried to control when they have children. They have used many methods that would seem strange to us today. ... In our age of science we have a lot of safe methods. Sadly, those methods were used for hundreds of years. Until the birth control pill, or “The Pill”, was approved for public use in the 1950’s. The story of contraceptives has been a long interesting one. ... Our society has come a long way in accepting that women can and should control their fertility. Here are all the methods currently available to modern women, in order of least invasive to surgical. Using fertility awareness methods involves the woman watching her body changes to gauge when she is most fertile. ... None of these methods protect against sexually transmitted diseases. These are good methods if you do not what to go the drugs or surgery route, but these certainly are not the only ways to keep pregnancy from happening. Barrier methods stop the sperm from coming in contact with the uterus and the egg. Condoms are currently the third most popular form of birth control, after sterilization and the birth control pill (Pasquale 63). ... The next types of birth control are the hormonal methods. The oral contraceptives, or “the Pill”, are most popular of these methods. ... None of the hormonal methods protect against sexually transmitted diseases. These last two methods are surgical and permanent. ... ” (Winikoff 180) There are so many different types of birth control that it is very simple for a woman (or a man) to find one that would work for them.