With the aim to inform women as much as possible, Eldridge, a women's health writer and activist, presents information on the efficacy and risks of different birth control options. She discusses the history of contraceptives, scientific advances, and uses of condoms, hormonal contraceptives, Plan B, diaphragms, female condoms, spermicides, IUDs, sterilization, Norplant, Depo-Provera, the patch and the ring, natural birth control, how they work, and their side effects. She also addresses the political side of birth control, including its relationship to menstruation, controversies about new menstrual suppression drugs, HPV vaccinations, why there is no pill for men, environmental impacts, and international issues.
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