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   The following message should help inform you on everything you need to   
   know about safe sex.   
      
   The risk of pregnancy if condoms and birth control are used together is   
   1 in 1,000,000 per year.  However, that's assuming perfect use of both   
   contraceptives.    In typical use, the risk is approximately 1 in   
   6,666.  In typical use however, the risk of condoms is 1 in 6 and the   
   risk of birth control is 1 in _12_.  I guess that's because typically,   
   some people apparently don't know how to use condoms, or forget to take   
   the pill.   
      
   It is better to use two forms of birth control because whether   
   considering perfect or typical risk, it reduces the risk from 500 to   
   10,000 times per year from using one form alone.  Whether condoms   
   are combined with birth control pills, diaphragm, sponge, cervical cap,   
   or even the pull out method your risk will be reduced.   
      
   Using two forms of birth control is safer than a vasectomy of which 1   
   in 1000 couples get pregnant per year, and it's safer than a tubal   
   litigation of which 1 in 200 couples get pregnant per year.  It's true   
   that with those methods you don't have to use condoms or think about   
   taking birth control pills, but if you're a monogamous couple, using a   
   diaphragm and birth control pills together, will allow you to bypass   
   condoms, and carries a risk of  1 in 444,000.  Meanwhile certain IUD's   
   by themselves provide as much protection as male or female   
   sterilization; from 1 in 125 to 1 in 1,000 depending on the IUD.   
      
   The different risks of different contraceptives can be found at these   
   websites, and you can conduct calculations similar to the ones   
   conducted in the below messages, to determine what the risk of various   
   birth control combinations is.  In any case, using two forms will make   
   you safer than using one.   
      
   http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medical   
   nfo/birthcontrol/pub-birth-control-02.xml   
   &  more info here:   
   http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040215/853.html   
   Consider if you have sex for 40 years, you have to multiply your   
   chances by 40.  Thus 1 in 1,000,000 becomes 40 in 1,000,000   
   or 1 in 25,000.   
      
      
   Lack of birth control leads to three million unplanned pregnancies per   
   year.  One million of these pregnancies end in abortion.  Two million   
   of these pregnancies end in unplanned childbirth.  By not promoting   
   birth control, you're choosing unplanned pregnancies.  Though some say   
   that promoting birth control could encourage sex, that added risk from   
   the increased incidence of sex, is extremely slight because it is   
   increased safe sex, combined with a great decrease in unsafe sex,   
   turning unsafe sex into safe sex, and decreasing pregnancy.   
      
   The risk of accidental pregnancy when both condoms and birth control   
   pills are used is approximately 1 in 1,000,000 couples per year.  When   
   just condoms are used, the risk is 1 in 50 per year and when just birth   
   control is used, the risk is 1 in 200 per year.   
      
   Risk of accidental pregnancy   
                            Per Year (assuming 100 sex acts)   Per Act   
   No protection             8 in 10 (1 in 1.25)             1 in 125   
   Condoms                   1 in 50                         1 in 5,000   
   Birth Control              1 in 200                       1 in 20,000   
   Condoms & Birth Control   1 in 1,000,000           1 in 100,000,000   
      
   Calculation is derived as 5,000*20,000=100,000,000   
      
   There are around 100 million women in the United States between the   
   ages of 14-59 who can get pregnant.  If every one of these women are on   
   birth control and use condoms, there will only be 100 unplanned   
   pregnancies per year.   
      
   Thus we should promote birth control.  Specifically we should promote   
   the use of two forms of birth control - such as the pill, and condoms -   
   together, at the same time.   
      
   And thus we may conclude, that failing to promote and provide birth   
   control is one of the most immoral things in the world, leading to   
   1 million abortions, and 2 million unplanned childbirths, over 500,000   
   of them to teenage mothers.   
      
   Given that there are approximately 4 million babies born per year, 2   
   million, or 50% of all newborns are thus unplanned.  This must surely   
   have a demonstrative effect upon the socio-economic status of our   
   society.   
      
   Literature regarding different birth control methods:   
   http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/hormonal_contraception.html   
   http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/contraception.html   
      
   Try the fabulous Crown Skinless Skin Condom! - a 12 pack for $6.25   
   http://www.condomdepot.com/products/crown-skinless.htm   
      
      
   The below charts consider the best and worst possible risk scenarios:   
      
   Risk of accidental pregnancy BEST case scenario assuming PERFECT use   
                Per Year (assuming 100 sex acts)    Per Act   
   No protection  8 in 10 (1 in 1.25)                   1 in 125   
   Condoms                      1 in 50                      1 in 5,000   
   Birth Control                 1 in 333                    1 in 33,300   
   Condoms & Birth Control 1 in 1,665,000      1 in 166,500,000*   
      
   Given 100,000,000 women of child bearing age (ages 14-59*),   
   Unplanned pregnancies result: 100,000,000/1,665,000= 60   
      
   Risk of accidental pregnancy WORST case scenario assuming TYPICAL use   
           Per Year (assuming 80 sex acts)        Per Act   
   No protection  8 in 10 (1 in 1.25)              1 in 125   
   Condoms                        1 in 6.6               1 in 533   
   Birth Control                    1 in 12.5            1 in 1,000   
   Condoms & Birth Control 1 in 6,666          1 in 533,333   
      
   533*1000=533,333   
   533,333/80=6,666   
   Unplanned pregnancies result: 100,000,000/6,666=15,000   
      
   Comparisons of pregnancy rates of different contraceptives are from:   
   http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medical   
   nfo/birthcontrol/pub-birth-control-02.xml   
   &   
   http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040215/853.html   
      
   Data does not say how many times couples are assumed to have sex, so   
   based on information gathered elsewhere, I estimated 80-100 times to   
   concoct best and worst case scenarios.   
      
   Currently there are an average 1 million abortions per year   
   http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764203.html   
   http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html   
      
   48% of all U.S. pregnancies (and 78% of teen pregnancies) are unplanned   
   http://womensissues.about.com/cs/lifestyle/a/blunplannedpreg.htm   
      
   And 4 million new babies are born per year   
   http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/fertility/fert94/htab02.txt   
      
      
   The below statistics give you an idea of how much safer contraception   
   makes us, and when compared to the numbers above, specifically how much   
      
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