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I’m assuming this question is genuinely in good faith but is coming from someone simply not informed about this matter: Birth control is not 100% effective and
by redserk 2y ago
I’m assuming this question is genuinely in good faith but is coming from someone simply not informed about this matter:
Birth control is not 100% effective and many people do not use birth control in a manner that ensures the highest effectiveness.
Some people utilize multiple birth control mechanisms but even this leads to accidental pregnancies.
If a combined effectiveness of birth control is 98%, that is still 2% of couples each year regularly having intercourse that encounter a pregnancy. I believe this is about the combined effective percentage of those using the pill combined with condoms.
Some may say to use an IUD, however some woman cannot use a IUD and there may be complications with those who can.
Even vasectomies have a failure rate.
- jimbob45 2y agoBirth control is not 100% effective and many people do not use birth control in a manner that ensures the highest effectiveness. If you combine the pill, a condom, pulling out, and cycle timing, it’s going to be 100% effective. Even just pulling out combined with cycle timing is likely enough to hit 100. These scare tactics didn’t work on the last generation except to delegitimize the credibility of US sex education teachers.
- jncfhnb 2y agoThe problem with planning to pull out is that people don’t follow the plan. Unplanned pregnancies have been declining rapidly over time.
- redserk 2y agoNo, that’s not 100% effective. Perhaps that is what’s enshrined from a Catholic classroom but the only 100.0% (unless you’re God I guess) effective mechanism is abstinence, and abstinence is an unreasonable mechanism to advocate for. Bluntly speaking: “shit happens” We shouldn’t assume pregnancies and abortions happen out of recklessness.