What Is Birth Control?

In June 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approved a pill that some people say caused a breakthrough in women 's revolution. That pill is now one of the most known forms of birth control. Birth control is any method used to prevent pregnancy. Some of the methods used are condoms, IUDs, birth control pills, pull-out method, vasectomy, and tubal ligation. With so many methods of birth control available and so many factors to consider, choosing one can be difficult. It can be difficult because every type of birth control has some kind of side effects. Without doing the research on her own how would she know the side effects that comes with the birth control. It shouldn’t have to be this way, the doctor or nurse should talk to her about this,

Research has shown that “oral and injectable contraceptives have low failure rates at 7% and 9%, respectively, whereas condoms and withdrawal have higher failure rates of 17% and 18%” (Reed et al. 245). Though the failure rate is low, one of the reasons behind the failure is misinterpretation of the directions. “One respondent reads that if she wanted to get pregnant after being on the shot it could take up to 18 months, and she incorrectly inferred that she was safe for this amount of time without using anything” (Reed et al. 253). She made this mistake because no one clearly informed her on how to use the birth control

Some of the good side effects are, she can become more regular, have lighter periods or even no periods at all, less cramping, and they’re highly effective. Some of the bad side effects that come with using birth control are breast tenderness, spotting, serious blood clots, skin irritation, raised blood pressure, and the birth control being expensive. Those are just some of the reasons why women have a love-hate relationship with birth control. That’s why it takes so much time and research to find what birth control is right for her. She needs to know the kind of side effects that comes with the birth control method she has