pulling out
Abortion, Small Towns, and Young Lives
by Stigma Shame and Sexuality Series, Gender Across Borders
September 21, 2011 - 10:59am (Print)
Abortion was a rite of passage for most of the girls I knew in the small Southern town where I spent my teenage years. As a contraceptive measure, teenagers did what teenagers have been doing forever -- they pulled out. Any other birth control was a premeditated sin.
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Is Pulling Out Losing Its Bad Rep?
by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
June 11, 2009 - 5:03pm (Print)
Any time a friend has described their method of birth control as
“pulling out,” I instinctively give them a judgmental look. We won
Griswold v. Connecticut. We can buy condoms at any corner store. Sure,
Plan B is over the counter, but why risk it?
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