Birth control is used to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Birth control has been a concern for humans for thousands of years. We have come a long way from early forms of contraceptives, although some of the same concepts are still used. However, it is important to note that different kinds of birth control have various effects. Some methods of birth control are more reliable than others. Unfortunately, there is no perfect form of birth control. Only …showed first 75 words of 1112 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1112 total…half of America's 6 million annual pregnancies are accidental". Unintended pregnancies result in 1.4 million abortions annually, as well as 1.1million births that women either did not want to have until later or did not want at all. Eighty percent of teen pregnancies are unintended, and each year, one in nine young women aged fifteen to nineteen become pregnant; more than half become mothers. With knowledge of these contraceptive the numbers of unintended pregnancies will go down.