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Get Real! The Luck (or Not) of the Draw

By Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

June 19, 2009 - 8:00am

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Using withdrawal may have sometimes protected you, but you've been lucky -- and at risk for a sexually transmitted infection.

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Is Pulling Out Losing Its Bad Rep?

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

June 11, 2009 - 5:03pm

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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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Withdrawal Research: Giving Sexual Partners "Permission" to Use Less Reliable Birth Control Methods?

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

June 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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What Guttmacher researchers tripped over in a discussion about withdrawal's role in risk mitigation was that the public at large has strong stereotypes and opinions about withdrawal, and the people who use it.

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Withdrawal as Contraception: Why So Skeptical?

By Rachel K. Jones, Guttmacher Institute

June 2, 2009 - 8:00am

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To my surprise, my recent article in the journal Contraception on the effectiveness of withdrawal in preventing pregnancy unleashed a mini-storm of commentary in the blogosphere.

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Exit Strategy: Does Withdrawal Deserve Another Look?

By Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check

May 28, 2009 - 7:00am

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A new study assessing the withdrawal method finds it is nearly as effective as condoms. Should we teach it to teenagers?

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Teaching Withdrawal

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

May 22, 2009 - 3:09pm

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Despite the taboo against unprotected sex, it turns out that the
withdrawal method, a.k.a. pulling out, is nearly as effective as condom
use when used properly. As more evidence surfaces about the reality of
withdrawal, should we include it in comprehensive sexual education?


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Roundup: Texas Legislature Considering Ultrasound Bill

By Emily Douglas

May 22, 2009 - 10:12am

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Texas legislature considers ultrasound bill; withdrawal is more effective than previously thought; Americans United for Life planning to "have fun" with Supreme Court nomination fight; photographs of Rwandan rape survivors and their children.

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