Thus I asked: Can't a woman think?
If pro-choice keeps throwing this silly argument that contraceptives are not 100% safe (though studies show the success rate is still high ).....I'm thinking, what's stopping women from improving their protection?
Is there a limit to protection you can use? What's wrong with using two methods, or even three,
at the same time?
What's wrong with condom and IUD? Or, condom and the pill? You gotta have condom there - for STD!
With the proper - and, CONSISTENT - use of protection - a woman need not get pregnant!
Studies show that INCONSISTENT and IMPROPER use of protection is the main reason why
abortion rate is high! I'd given a source somewhere back there.
Of course women can think for themselves. I asked you, since you seem to want to tell women what they can and cannot do, what you think they should do to not get pregnant.
I cannot paste the chart of failure rates and side effects of birth control. But here is the typed out version from this link:
Birth Control Failure Rates - American Pregnancy Association
Cervical Cap
12% Failure Rate, higher after childbirth, no side effects unless allergic
Condom-Female
21% Failure Rate, no side effects unless allergic
Condom-Male
18 % Failure Rate, no side effects unless allergic
Depo-Provera Injection
6 % Failure Rate, Side effects: Irregular, missed or heavier than normal menstrual cycle, weight gain, breast tenderness, depression, bloating abdominal pain, headaches, allergic reaction.
Diaphragm
12% Failure Rate, no side effects unless allergic
Rhythm Method
25 % Failure Rate
Implant Hormonal .
05% Failure Rate, Side effects, no period, spotting, light or heavy and prolonged bleeding, painful menstruation, acne, weight gain, depressed mood, blood clots, movement of implant ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cysts.
IUDs
.8% Failure Rate, Side effects, ectopic pregnancies, increased bleeding during menstrual cycle, severe menstrual cramps, perforation of the uterus, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
The pill and the patch (estrogen/prgestin or progestin only)
Failure Rate 9% for the pill 9% or greater if over 198 lbs Side effects, Nausea, headaches, weight gain, depression, irregular bleeding, acne, blood clots, breast tenderness, menstrual cycle changes.
Spermacide only
28 % Failure Rate no side effects unless allergic.
Sterilization-Female
.5% Failure Rate side effects, if a woman conceives after a sterilization procedure, there is a risk of ectopic pregnancy. The earlier it's done, the greater risk of pregnancy after 10 years, up to 5%.
Sterilization-Male
.15% Failure Rate,
no side effects
Vaginal Ring-Hormonal
9% Failure Rate Side effects, blood clots, liver or gallbladder problems, Toxic Shock Syndrome, depression acne, weight gain, nausea/vomiting, movement of the ring.
Withdrawal
22% Failure Rate no side effects
Doing nothing
25% Failure Rate no side effects
There is a failure rate associated with birth control. Even if a woman consistently follows those methods, there is still a possibility of failure along with some terrible side effects for some of the most common methods (pills and IUDs). Condoms are not necessary for monogamous couples unless one or both of them have something, herpes or HIV-AIDS, they don't want to give the other. I would be dishonest if I did not acknowledge that women forget to take the pill every day. But I also would be remiss in failing to say there are men out there who won't use condoms or permit birth control for religious reasons (Catholic for instance) or because that's the way it is.
Abortion rates have been steadily falling for years: