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> pulling out Will not prevent pregnancy

• Veen 10y ago
  It certainly reduces the chances: Condoms: 8 out of 100 people who use condoms as their only birth control method will get pregnant each year.[0] Withdrawal: Of every 100 women whose partners use withdrawal, 4 will become pregnant each year if they always do it correctly.[1] Of course, doing it properly is the difficult part and avoiding pregnancy isn't the only reason condoms are a good idea. [0]: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/condom/how-effective-are-condoms https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/condom... [1]: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/withdrawal-pull-out-method https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/withdr...
  • gizmo686 10y ago
    Just to be clear, you are comparing different statistics. Based on your sources, assuming perfect use 2 out of 100 women using condoms will get pregnent, compared to 4 out of 100 using withdrawal. If you do not filter for perfect compliance, the stat is 27/100 for withdrawal, and 18/100 for condoms.
  • Dove 10y ago
    It isn't fair to compare typical use of one method tp ideal use of another. Per Wikipedia, the two methods have similar effectiveness rates under typical use, with condoms being twice as effective under ideal use. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_methods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_...
• ptaMeetings 10y ago
  Obviously. Leaving it in is much, much worse. Don't gloss over the fact that I did mention condoms. It's just that everybody hates condoms. Anyway, most girls just go on the pill as soon as they start dating, for real. But then there's that pesky thing about diseases.