Contraceptives (Use, Advantage, Disadvantage)

Uses of contraceptives

This medication is used to prevent pregnancy or to regulate your menstrual cycle. Certain brands of birth control pills may be used for treating acne or as a "morning after" pill for emergency contraception. Consult your doctor or pharmacist. Use of this medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases e.g., HIV, gonorrhea.

ADVANTAGE OF CONTACEPTIVES

No Unplanned Pregnancies

An unplanned pregnancy can turn your world upside down. If you are not ready for it, learning that you have become pregnant can be devastating. Instead of wondering or worrying what you would do about an unplanned pregnancy, make sure you always have a reliable form of contraception when you have sex.

Family Spacing and Size

Some couples do want children to be a part of their future but want to have some control over the amount of time between each child. Contraceptives can be used to control the amount of spacing between each child's birth. Use of contraceptives gives a family control. When that family decides that it is not interested in any more children, use of contraceptives prevents the size of the family from changing.

Less Abortion

The Guttmacher Institute notes that 46 percent of women who obtain abortions have used contraceptives inconsistently or not at all during the month that the pregnancy occurred. Abortions can be expensive, painful and emotionally taxing. Besides the social stigma of abortions, they can be avoided with consistent usage of a contraceptive while being sexually active.

Spontaneous Sex

Using a contraceptive can give you the freedom to enjoy spontaneous sex with your partner, without having to time the menstrual cycle to make sure that you are not having sex during a fertile time. With contraceptives, you can have sex at any time of the month, spontaneously, and most contraceptive methods are 70 to 99 percent effective, according to Women's Health (see link in References).

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