Birth Control/Contraception

Latest News
• Morning-After Pill Found to Work 5 Days After Sex (03/29/2001, Reuters)
• Teens On Depo-Provera Less Likely To Use Condoms (03/29/2001, Reuters)
• Contraceptive Ring Touted as Highly Effective (03/14/2001, Reuters)
• More News on Birth Control/Contraception

General/Overviews

• Birth Control: Choosing a Method That's Right for You (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Protecting Against Unintended Pregnancy: A Guide to Contraceptive Choices (Food and Drug Administration)

Clinical Trials

• Clinical Trials: Contraception (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Birth Control Especially for Teens (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Condoms: Are You Covered? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Depo-Provera: An Injectable Contraceptive (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Emergency Contraception (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Facts About Oral Contraceptives (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Intrauterine Device (IUD) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Natural Family Planning (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Norplant Birth Control: Questions and Answers (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Oral Contraceptives (American Heart Association) - heart disease and stroke risks
• Progestin-Only Contraceptives (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy After Tubal Sterilization (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Very-Low-Dose Birth Control Pills in Mid-Life (Perimenopause) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• What You Need to Know About Birth Control (Nemours Foundation)

Directories

• Emergency Contraception: Directory of Providers (Princeton University, Office of Population Research)

Organizations

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Statistics

• Contraceptive Methods Used, By Age (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Contraceptive Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Pregnancy Rates for Birth Control Methods (Food and Drug Administration)

Men

• Facts About Vasectomy Safety (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• No Scalpel Vasectomy (Digital Urology Journal)
• Vasectomy: Male Sterilization (Animation Education Group)

Teenagers

• Teen Talk: What You Should Know About Contraception (Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs) - links to PDF file

Español/Spanish

• Métodos Anticonceptivos (JHPIEGO Corporation)
• Página de la Anticoncepción de Emergencia (Princeton University, Office of Population Research)
• Vasectomía Sin Escalpelo (Digital Urology Journal)