The earliest forms include the IUD, which was invented by the Arabs to stop camels or horses from getting pregnant on long journeys across the desert. Human contraceptives were invented for two reasons:
1. To improve women's lives so that they would not have to worry about the dangers and inconvenience of pregnancy;
2. To control the population as a whole.
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Families in developed nations have lower birth rates than families in non-developed nations because of the accessibility of birth control process, the position of woman in society and the admission to education.
The Norplant system of birth control was developed by Sheldon J. Segal and Horatio B. Croxatto for the Population Council. Its first clinical trial was in 1974 in Chile.
"Socially" acceptable? Different people have different ideas on that, and science is always coming out with new ideas for birth control.
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Birth control vaccines don't exist, but you can get birth control shots.
Yes, you can. While birth control is reliable, there is no birth control that is 100% effective.
Her activism in support of birth control was the reason she was controversial.
Birth control is what is used to prevent unintended pregnancy, there are multiple different types of birth control that work in different ways, it is ignorant to say 'birth control' to mean one specific type of birth control. Without knowing what type of birth control you're referring to we cannot answer your question - some birth control does absolutely nothing to your hormones, some birth control completely shuts down your hormones.
"Contraceptive" and "birth control" are synonymous. All contraceptives are methods of birth control.
Birth control is not for weight control.
Abstinence Birth Control Implant Birth Control Patch Birth Control Pills Birth Control Shot - Depo-Provera Birth Control Sponge - Today Sponge Birth Control Vaginal Ring - NuvaRing Breastfeeding as Birth Control Cervical Cap Condom - male/female Diaphragm Fertility Awareness-Based Methods IUD Outercourse Spermicide Sterilization - tubal ligation/vasectomy Withdrawal Morning-After Pill is an option it is not a birth control pill but is Emergency Contraception.