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Emergency contraception - a good alternative, if you can get it
Via Skepchick and io9 Could an IUD be the best emergency contraceptive around? The evidence seems good but there are obvious problems. Oviously rape victims would probably find the procedure too invasive and there may be delays round fitting these devices. Obviously there would be some Ob/Gyns who would refuse to fit the device if sexual intercourse has occurred recently and, personally, I would not condone lying to such a person.
The use of intra-uterine devices (IUDs) never took off in the USA as contraceptives, the way they did in the rest of the world. But a new study might change that.
Researchers tracked 35 years' worth of data and found that the copper-T is not only an effective long-term birth control tool, but arguably the most effective emergency contraceptive there is.
Researchers tracked 35 years' worth of data and found that the copper-T is not only an effective long-term birth control tool, but arguably the most effective emergency contraceptive there is.
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A new meta-study has analyzed 35 years of data from 42 studies across six countries — an enormous analysis that shows an incredible final statistic. For the 7034 cases, the pregnancy rate (barring one outlier study) was just 0.09%.
Obviously the effectiveness of IUDs plus the continuing protection that they offer (up to 10 years) would probably show a considerable saving in co-pays.
