Contraception
Contraception, often called birth control, is any method used to prevent a sperm from joining with an egg (called conception), so that a child? is not made and the woman does not get pregnant. Contraception also sometimes means to prevent a fertilised? egg from joining with the wall of the uterus (womb), which might be a substantial moral issue, because a lot of people believe life begins at conception.
Here are some methods of contraception:
- The Pill?
- Condoms
- Coitus interruptus? (withdrawal method)
- Outercourse?, or other kinds of sex
- Spermicide?
- Intra-uterine device? (IUD)
- Contraceptive sponges?
- Tying tubes?, severing and tying off the Fallopian tubes so the sperm can't get to the egg and the egg can't get to the uterus
- Vasectomy?, disconnecting the Vas Deferens? so sperm can't go out the penis
- Abstinence
No method of contraception is 100% effective. If you want to have (penis in vagina) sex you have to be prepared to have a child. Well, I'm wrong. Abstinence is the only 100% effective method of birth control. Abstinence means you have no sexual activity with another person.
Another important note is that most of these contraceptive methods do not stop sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Abstinence does, though.