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They have a typical use failure rate 10x worse than an IUD so that is pretty bad. ~10% odds of pregnancy each year you use it as your only form of birth control
by itsybitsycoder 12y ago
They have a typical use failure rate 10x worse than an IUD so that is pretty bad. ~10% odds of pregnancy each year you use it as your only form of birth control, whereas an IUD is less than 1%. Over 10 years, that's a 35% success rate for condoms and a 90% success rate for the IUD, isn't it?