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Originally Posted by Grace  54% my ass. Thats rediculas. Even just a regular condom has a 99.8% success rate.
Then they should have known they couldnt afford to have unprotected sex. 54% of women may have said they were using protection, but considering the success rate of most birth control, obviously someone is lying. | A male condom has a 2% failure rate IF it is used perfectly. How many people do you know who are perfect? Even if used perfectly, 2% failure rate means 2 out of 100 get pregnant EVERY YEAR. Please notice that even sterilization has failure rates. People who have not experienced failure of birth control tend to think that people who DO experience failure are not diligent, not intelligent, or lazy, when the fact is, success of birth control depends to a great degree on LUCK. In the Know: Questions About Pregnancy, Contraception and Abortion 7. How well do contraceptives work? - Women using contraceptives experience the following failure rates:
% women who will become pregnant in their first year of useMethodPerfect use ( 11) Typical use ( 11, 12)
Pill (combined)0.3 8.0
Tubal sterilization 0.50.
Male condom 2.0 15.0
Vasectomy 0.1 0.15
Three-month injectable 0.3 3.0
Withdrawal 4.0 27.0
IUD Copper-T 0.6 0.8
IUD Mirena 0.1 0.1
Periodic abstinence Calenda r9.0 25.0
Ovulation method3.0 25.0
Symptotherma l2.0 25.0
Post-ovulation 1.0 25.0
One-month injectable 0.05 3.0
Implant 0.05 0.05
Patch 0.3 8.0
Diaphragm 6.0 16.0
Sponge Women who have had a child 20.0 32.0 Women who have never had a child 9.0 16.0
Cervical cap Women who have had a child26.0 32.0 Women who have never had a child9.0 16.0
Female condom5.0 21.0
Spermicide18.0 29.0
No method85.0 85.0 The greatest danger to liberty lurks in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
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