Adam
The Canadian Pediatric Association is now recommending IUDs as the best/primary birth control option for teenage girls. This seemed surprising until the CBC story explained that IUDs are the most common form of reversible birth control in the world, with the exception of N. America (and also that, in real world use, the pill has roughly a 9% failure rate due to user error).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/birth-control-iud-1.4684855
Still use condoms, though, to prevent STIs.
Adam
I fully expect some loud conservative backlash in the coming days, but probably only among a very vocal minority of people.
⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️
@ink_slinger that seems pretty reasonable.
IUDs are also great for married people who are done having kids and feel iffy about hormones/surgeries!
neville park
@ink_slinger the IUD is more effective than getting your tubes tied!
Colorado had great success promoting LARC (long-acting reversible contraception - implants and IUDs): https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html
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