1. TOTALLY YOURS…

2. JOURNAL QUESTION:
List all the different contraceptive devices you can think of (the pill, condoms, etc.). To the best of your knowledge, explain how they work. What do you think about using contraception?

4. Method
% of Women Experiencing an Unintended Pregnancy within the First Year of Use
Typical Use
Perfect Use
No Method 85
Spermicides 29 18
Withdrawal 27 4
Periodic Abstinence
• Calendar
N/A 9
• Ovulation Method 3
• Sympto-thermal 2
• Post-ovulation 1

5. Diaphragm 16 6
Contraceptive Sponge
• never given birth before 9
• previously given birth 32 20
Condom
• Female (Reality) 21 5
• Male 15 2
Combined Pill and Minipill 8
0.3

6. Evra Patch 8
0.3
NuvaRing
Depo-Provera 3
IUD
• ParaGard (copper T)
0.8
0.6
• Mirena (LNG-IUS)
0.1
Female Sterilization
0.5
Male Sterilization
0.15
0.10

7. T.I.N.S.T.A.S.S
THERE IS NO
SUCH
THING AS
SAFE
SEX
JASON EVERT

8. THE PILL & THE MINI-PILL
Also known as the “Combination Pill” because it utilizes two hormones:
Estrogen
Progesterone
THE MINI-PILL
This uses only progestin (a synthetic form of progesterone)
Every pill (in a 28-pill pack) contains the hormone (there are no “spacers”)

9. PRACTICAL POINTS…
There is absolutely no 100% effective contraceptive method (see chart)
There are some reproductive technologies that are extremely effective (99% for perfect-use)
The most effective methods introduce hormones into the woman’s body
Question of health risks

10. POINTS ON CONTRACEPTION:
Up until 1930, every Christian Church denounced using contraception
The Church of England and the National Council of Churches accepted marital contraception in
From 1930 onwards, the Catholic Church has still taught that using contraception is sinful

11. HUMANAE VITAE Encyclical written by Pope Paul VI in 1968
This encyclical discusses artificial contraception and its connection to sex
It states that “sexual intercourse which is deliberately contraceptive…is intrinsically wrong.” (#14)
However, 75% of Catholics believe it is OK to be a faithful Catholic and use contraception.

12. Consequences of Artificial Methods
This document was written 40 years ago and made some predictions about birth control:
It leads to marital infidelity
A general lowering of moral standards
Men “may forget the reverence due to a woman” (#17)
Men “reduce [women] to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires”

13. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Was he right?