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Can you please describe the benefits and disadvantages of birth control?
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Pregnancy Prevention: Is benefit. Disadvantages depends on type of birth control. Birth control methods include: abstinence, oral contraceptives, birth control patch, depo-provera (shot), sponge, vaginal ring, cervical cap, condom, diaphragm, iud, birth control implant, spermicide, sterilization or vasectomy.
Answered 10/3/2013
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