About the Book: Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space
their births, or have no births at all. And yet, in the United States, half of
all pregnancies remain unintended, and access to birth control is beset by
inequities in education, access, and coverage.
Research indicates that women are familiar with the range of contraceptive
methods available today. But the persistently high rates of unintended
pregnancy, combined with common dissatisfaction and discontinuation, suggest
that womens contraceptive needs continue to be unmet.
Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know will offer more