Is birth control safe?
Is birth control safe?
user
In the US, most methods of birth control have a failure rate below one percent (except for condoms, which have a failure rate of about 14 percent).1 So birth control is highly effective at preventing pregnancy. It has a variety of risks, including side effects like unwanted or unpleasant feelings, pain or headaches, and irregular or absent periods.
assistant
Does birth control affect the development of young women going through puberty?
user
Birth control has been shown to have many different effects on the body, including weight gain, decreased bone density, and shorter lifespan. This is because women are often required to use birth control when they have negative symptoms like mood changes or irregular periods.
assistant
Is nonhormonal birth control safer for young women to take rather than birth control which contains hormones?
user