Birth Control Debate

Comments discuss the effectiveness, side effects, access, and alternatives to birth control methods, including male contraception options and reasons for unplanned pregnancies despite contraception.

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Sample Comments

Terry_Roll May 26, 2022 View on HN

Its just mind of matter otherwise everyone would be using it for birth control!

sleepychu Mar 29, 2017 View on HN

Most women would like to avoid getting pregnant by accident, even if they have the option to abort an unwanted pregnancy.This method seems to have no side effect and would reduce the chance with another contraceptive method with 98% success of prevention would make the odds of pregnancy within 1 year negligible (and they only go down over time)The article claims that since the executives of pharma companies are rich, white men they would not be inclined to threaten their manhood by using t

rhizome Jul 17, 2014 View on HN

Everybody has sex and birth control is imperfect.

kache_ Apr 7, 2022 View on HN

It's just access to birth control

crummy Mar 29, 2021 View on HN

what about just "lots of free birth control"?

monochromatic Mar 30, 2012 View on HN

Why is the best birth control in the world so one-sided?

lo_zamoyski Sep 30, 2025 View on HN

Not if they were using contraception.

dragonbonheur Mar 25, 2013 View on HN

People not believing in contraception, obviously.

jdrek1 Aug 10, 2023 View on HN

Only due to contraceptions not being a thing for most of history.

halfmatthalfcat Jun 21, 2024 View on HN

Isn't this like asking by do we have multiple methods of birth control? Pill, IUD, etc?