Explore: Contraceptive Methods

Calendar-based methods are various methods of estimating a woman's likelihood of fertility, based on a record of the length of previous menstrual cycles

different types of barrier methods, hormonal methods, various methods including spermicides, emergency contraceptives, and surgical methods and a comparison between

number of hormone-based methods including contraceptive pills, patches, vaginal rings, and injections. Less effective methods include physical barriers

Male contraceptives, also known as male birth control, are methods of preventing pregnancy by interrupting the function of sperm. The main forms of male

The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that

A contraceptive implant is an implantable medical device used for the purpose of birth control. The implant may depend on the timed release of hormones

Scotland during 1968–1974 to determine the efficacy of various contraceptive methods found a failure rate of 6.7 per 100 woman-years of use. This was

the use of other birth control methods. Like all hormonal methods, postcoital high-dose progestin-only oral contraceptive pills do not protect against sexually

higher than that of couples using other methods. Usually, spermicides are combined with contraceptive barrier methods such as diaphragms, condoms, cervical

Lehman; Stolley; Savitz; Levine (1990). "Barrier and spermicidal contraceptive methods and risk of invasive cervical cancer". Epidemiology. 1 (4): 266–72