contraception

Examples of contraception in the following topics:

• Hormonal Methods

  • Hormonal contraception is a type of birth control method that acts on the endocrine system.
  • The original hormonal method—the combined oral contraceptive pill—was first marketed as a contraceptive in 1960.
  • Altogether, 18% of the world's contraceptive users rely on hormonal methods.
  • Combined hormonal contraceptives prevent ovulation by suppressing the release of gonadotropins.
  • Oral contraceptives typically come in foil packets with designated pills for each day.

• Spermicides

  • Spermicide is a contraceptive substance that eradicates sperm and is inserted vaginally prior to intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
  • Spermicide is a contraceptive substance that eradicates sperm and is inserted vaginally prior to intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
  • As a contraceptive, spermicide may be used alone.
  • Usually spermicides are combined with contraceptive barrier methods such as diaphragms, condoms, cervical caps, and sponges.
  • Spermicides are believed to increase the contraceptive efficacy of condoms.

• The New Feminism

  • As the success of suffrage neared, women extended their activism to focus on contraception, sexual autonomy, and economic rights.
  • For many feminists, legalizing contraception became a central issue in the campaign for equal social and political rights.
  • In response, contraception went underground.
  • New York state law prohibited the distribution of contraceptives or even contraceptive information, but Sanger hoped to exploit a provision in the law which permitted doctors to prescribe contraceptives for the prevention of disease.
  • The military undertook an extensive education campaign, focusing on abstinence, but also offering some contraceptive guidance.

• Gender Inequality in Health Care

  • The Obama administration faced another controversy over gender equity in healthcare in 2012 with the administration's contraceptive mandate.
  • The effective meaning of Secretary Sebelius' announcement was that contraceptives are considered by the Obama administration to be a requisite component of health care.
  • The premise of the contraceptive mandate demonstrates present inequities in the American health care industry for male and female patients.
  • In the context of the 2012 contraceptive mandate debate, health care professionals' assessments that contraception is an integral component for women's health care, regardless of sexual activity, went largely unaddressed.
  • Instead, insurance coverage of contraception was framed as a government subsidy for sexual activity.This framing revealed inherent social inequalities for women in the domain of sexual health.

• Intrauterine Devices (IUDs)

  • Names and descriptors of intrauterine contraceptive devices vary by location.
  • In the United States, two types of intrauterine contraceptive (both referred to as IUDs) are available: the copper Paragard and the hormonal Mirena.
  • Hormonal intrauterine contraceptives are considered to be a different type of birth control, and they are distinguished with the term intrauterine system or IUS.
  • Although use of the Mirena results in much lower systemic progestogen levels than other very-low-dose progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives, it may still have some of the same side effects as low does progesterone-only hormonal contraceptives.
  • Unlike oral contraceptives, with the use of the Mirena the hormones are localized to the uterine area.

• Contraception and Birth Control

  • Contraception, also known as birth control, is methods used to prevent pregnancy; some of these methods are more successful than others.
  • Contraception, also known as birth control, is methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy.
  • Strictly speaking, contraception aims to prevent the sperm and egg from joining, while birth control can refer to methods used to prevent a fertilized egg from developing into a fetus.

• Effects of Drug Combinations

  • Another well studied interaction is between antibiotics and the contraceptive pill.
  • The majority of studies indicate that antibiotics do not interfere with contraceptive pills.
  • Clinicians have recommended that extra contraceptive measures be applied during therapies using antibacterials that are suspected to interact with oral contraceptives.

• Sexual Behavior Since Kinsey

  • Another scientific product had a profound impact on the development of the sexual revolution: the development of oral contraception.
  • Before the pill, there was a lack of affordable and safe options for contraception, rendering unwanted pregnancy a serious risk of premarital sexual activity.
  • However, many states still outlawed the use of contraceptives in order to reflect and enforce an ethic in which sexual activity was only acceptable for reproduction.
  • In its opinion, the Supreme Court held that the government could not dictate the use of contraception by married couples because such action would be a violation of the right to marital privacy implied in the Bill of Rights.

• Women's Rights after Suffrage

  • Sanger sought answers to the plight of women in this situation but was unable to find information on contraception in public libraries.
  • In 1914, she launched an eight-page, monthly newsletter titled, The Woman Rebel, which promoted contraception using the slogan, "No Gods, No Masters."
  • She was indicted in August 1914, but prosecutors focused their attention on articles Sanger had written on assassination and marriage, rather than contraception.
  • Nine days after its opening, Sanger was arrested for distributing contraceptives.
  • A court rejected her first appeal, but in 1918 the birth control movement won a victory when the New York State Court of Appeals issued a ruling allowing doctors to prescribe contraception.

• Barrier Methods

  • Barrier contraception methods prevent pregnancy by physically preventing sperm from entering the uterus.
  • Barrier contraception methods prevent pregnancy by physically preventing sperm from entering the uterus.
  • The cervical cap is a form of female barrier contraception.
  • The diaphragm has become an increasingly unpopular method of birth control, replaced with oral contraceptives and IUDs.
  • In 2002, only 0.2% of American women were using a diaphragm as their primary method of contraception.