Only 14% of women use birth control pills????????????

[LAS14]

On the Newshour, one of their written bits said "Only 14% of women between 15 and 39 use birth control pills."

I can't believe it!! I would have thought 75 - 90%!! What are they using? Condoms? IUDs?????

Lemme know

las

[phylny]

1. The newer IUDs

are very different and work quite well compared to the old ones.

[relayerbob]

2. Birth control pills have side effects, and there are many alternatives

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db327.htm#:~:text=In%202015%E2%80%932017%2C%2064.9%25,and%20male%20condom%20(8.7%25).

[TigressDem]

3. There is an implant that delivers birth control and lasts several years.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/contraceptive-implant/about/pac-20393619


A contraceptive implant can prevent pregnancy for up to three years. It must be removed and replaced every three years to continue prevent pregnancy.


Has many side effects, though.

[Phoenix61]

4. Age 15-49 is 14%. The chart is interesting.

https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-use-united-states#

[unblock]

5. At any given point, some some are pregnant or trying to get pregnant,

some don't believe in birth control, don't know or don't care or can't afford it

Some have no partner, a female partner, or an infertile partner or are infertile themselves or are just not having sex

And others rely on other forms or birth control

[dpibel]

6. Different number, but still startling

https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-method-use-united-states

Among contraceptive users aged 15–49 in 2018, female permanent contraception was the most common method used (28%), followed by pills (21%), male condoms and IUDs (both 13%).

[Hugin]

9. I knew the pills were a low percentage...

A chart I’d like to see over time, BTW.

I am surprised at the other methods being so low.

I do remember the sponge era. That was the go to.

[Scrivener7]

11. It adds up to 75% on some form of bc. That seems about right.

[Hugin]

12. Well, it's all about choice...

Is it not?

[LAS14]

18. This is a better match to what I had been assuming. nt

[vlyons]

7. many women prefer IUDs

or cervical caps or condoms or abstinence. Pills are just 1 form of birth control.

[multigraincracker]

8. Nothing seems to work 100%.

Even vasectomies. All have some negative side effects too. The abortion safety net is important part of family planning.

[Raven123]

10. Consider a number of women who have completed their family and have opted for sterilization

I have read several articles indicating a greater number young people currently are less sexually active than in previous generations.

All these things add up.

[Ms. Toad]

13. Condoms.

birth control pills don't protect against STDs. Condoms do.

(My 32 y/o daughter uses condoms - as well as insisting on STD tests before engaging in sexual activity.)

[pnwest]

14. I didn't tolerate them very well. Every

brand I tried I would bloat up with 10 lbs water weight gain within three days. Blew up like a puffer fish.

[xmas74]

15. IUD, implants, depo

Condoms, spermicides, foams, sponge was big. I used to use VCF to double up whenever I was worried.

[Raine]

16. I took them for decades, never had a problem of any kind

but people are different and reactions vary.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Remember ...