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  1. Birth control methods - Office on Women's Health

    Oct 24, 2025 · Birth control (contraception) is any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy. Women can choose from many different types of birth control.

  2. Family planning/contraception methods

    Jul 3, 2025 · Fact sheet on family planning providing key facts and information on benefits of family planning, who provides family planning, contraceptive use, unmet need, contraceptive …

  3. Contraception and Birth Control - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver ...

    Sep 12, 2016 · About Contraception and Birth Control Contraception is the prevention of pregnancy. Contraception, or birth control, also allows couples to plan the timing of pregnancy. …

  4. Contraception and Birth Control | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice …

    Contraception allows for the prevention of pregnancy and for planning the timing of pregnancy. Some methods can also protect against infections. Modern methods of contraception include …

  5. Contraception - World Health Organization (WHO)

    4 days ago · Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children, if any, and to determine the spacing of their pregnancies. It is achieved through use of contraceptive …

  6. What are the different types of contraception? - NICHD

    Feb 17, 2016 · There are many different types of contraception, but not all types are appropriate for all situations. The most appropriate method of birth control depends on an individual's …

  7. Vasectomy - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child …

    May 23, 2012 · A vasectomy is a surgical procedure performed as a method of birth control in men. It involves cutting the tubes (the vas deferens) that carry sperm from the testicles.

  8. Emergency contraception - Office on Women's Health

    Jan 6, 2023 · Emergency contraception is a method of birth control you can use if you had sex without using birth control or if your birth control method did not work correctly. You must use …

  9. Spotlight: One year and counting: Male birth control study

    Aug 2, 2022 · Pioneering Male Birth Control NES/T (Nestorone ® /Testosterone) is the first birth control product designed for males that has progressed past the initial steps in the clinical trial …

  10. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and …

    Jul 26, 2024 · Oral Contraceptives Also called birth control pills or “the pill,” oral contraceptives containing the hormones estrogen and progestin are the primary long-term treatment option …