Be Safe?What every teen needs to know about Birth Control and Birth Control Failure
Which method will make you 100% safe? Click on each one to learn important facts about birth control effectiveness. |
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Okay -- so you are planning on having SEX. Everyone is doing it right? But you don't to get pregnant.
You want to play it safe.
So what kind of protection are you going to use?
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| Hormonal Methods | Barrier Methods | Other Methods |
Did you know...
- Teenagers are less likely than older women to practice contraception consistently and more likely to practice contraception sporadically or not at all.
- For oral contraceptives, the risk of contraceptive failure is 55% higher among women younger than twenty.
- The typical woman who uses reversible methods of contraception continuously from her 15th to her 45th birthday will experience 1.8 contraceptive failures, assuming she uses contraception perfectly each time. Most women will experience more failures due to imperfect use.
- Most reversible methods of contraception are difficult to use correctly.
Download Contraceptive Failure & Teens Fact Sheet (pdf)
If you are sexually active it is important that you know the FACTS.
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