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Birth Control—what is it?
The term birth control can take many forms; it can mean using the many different methods of birth control like pills, condoms, IUD’s, spermicidal jelly, and others to avoid pregnancy. It can also be a term that is used when family planning and one of the things that birth control cannot do is prevent disease, unless it is in the form of a condom. There are other natural types of birth control that can be practiced that do not use chemicals, but might not be as reliable in avoiding pregnancy. These use the rhythm method, herbals, and other types of methods that do not use medication that has chemicals and side effects.
The History of Birth Control
Birth control is not something that is new, it is not something that is even as young as the 1950’s, 60’s or 70’s, it has a history documented as far back as 200AD, when Greek gynecologist Soranus stated the process of ovation was when a woman was fertile and could become pregnant. This brought on various methods of birth control that were neither safe or reliable like the user of tobacco juice, pomegranate pulp or ginger used to wash the vaginal area after engaging in sexual activity. The Ancient Egyptians have also been found to have employed methods of birth control using herbal remedies to kill sperm after sexual activity.
Abstinence for birth control
Sexual abstinence is one of the most common ways of birth control. It would normally mean that there must not be sexual contact between partners. It can even mean doing everything except sexual intercourse during the sexual session. In medical terms, this can be defined as no genital contact between the sexual partners. Abstinence for birth control guarantees cent percent success provided no semen has entered in the vagina. It is also an effective way of preventing sexually transmitted infections, provided there had been no genital or anal contact or sharing of vaginal fluids and semen between the partners.