Need statistics for contraception failure birth/STDs

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Anyone know of some good studies that would not be tainted by planned parent hood

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also would like what the Vatican has officially said regarding barrier methods for protection against STDs. wikipedia said that the Vatican has not made a statement regarding the issue and Im trying to research and find something that they hopefully have said regarding this matter

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At least two recent studies, one by Harvard have indicated that the Pope was correct. Condoms are not a good protection against the spread of the HIV. Google HIV, Harvard, and condom and you may find the reference to this.
 
emilyt67 said:
Condoms fail 14%of the time.Birth control fails 1%of the time.
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That 1% figure that gets pulled out every time this issue is discussed only applies if the method is used perfectly every time and, often, is based on studies from the late 80’s or early 90’s. Why? they’re easy to find. They are also not as accurate since hormone levels have often been lowered due to cancer concerns.

Most descriptions of contraceptive use are defined in two categories, Perfect Use and Typical Use. **

The Pill **
The FDA in 1997 stated the failure rates are 5% for those who do not use it perfectly. This means taken at the exact same time every single day never missing a day and never taking a medication (like antibiotics) that lessen the efficacy of the hormones, just to mention a few things that interfere with the pill. That’s 1% Perfect Use and 5% Typical Use (in 1997, before hormones were lowered).

National Survey of Family Growth shows a 7% failure rate for the pill, stating figures are higher for unmarried people. My guess is that their 7% rate is Typical Use.

Even the Feminist Women’s Health Center says that The Pill is 92-99.7% effective as birth control. This is a range I see more often.

More importantly, the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, shows the failure rate of Perfect Use is 1% and Typical Use is 8.7%. (They also show 56%-58% of all women having abortions were using contraception the month they became pregnant.)
More info here: guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_contr_use.html

Condoms
According to Physicians for Life,
There is currently a 24% Pregnancy Rate for teens using condoms. This means approximately 24 of every 100 teen girls whose sex partners are using condoms will get pregnant.

In the case of condoms, Guttmacher shows condom effectiveness is 2% Perfect Use, 17.4% typical use. It also depends on the type of condoms, some have a disclaimer on packaging that has interim labeling based on slippage & breakage data and that an effectiveness study is underway.
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We all have a right to have sex. We do not have a right to end the life of another human being that was brought into the world as a consequence of our choice to have sex.*

There is often enough data from the pro-abortion and government sources to be able to discuss the issues and these facts carry more weight simply because anti-life groups do not trust pro-life sources. There are some good pro-life sources out there.

More importantly there are Truths out there that cannot be changed. I pray that we can all come together in Truth and Love and, in doing so, find peace.
 
Odell said:
Anyone know of some good studies that would not be tainted by planned parent hood

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Guttenmacher Institute is an arm of Planned Parenthood, but their statistics are as good as any regarding contraceptive failure as it relates to pregnancy.

The only statistic that is inaccurate is their statistic for NFP because they lump all natural methods together. The put real NFP in with the rhythm method. Rhythm has a 25% failure rate while NFP is under 1% method failure. To get accurate stats on NFP you have to go to studies that separate the methods out individually.

Regarding condom use for STD prevention, the Wikipedia article is correct.

The Vatican-- aka the Magesterium and/or Pope-- have not issued any *definitive *teaching on the matter. But you can read the current application of Catholic moral principles on this topic here, and this also discusses statistics on failure to prevent STDs:

vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_family_doc_20031201_family-values-safe-sex-trujillo_en.html
 
I would also like to know if the Pope has ever put out an official statement about the use of barrier methods such as condoms for the prevention of STDs.
 
Failure to suppress ovulation has been found to occure 25% of the time with pill users. There was an artical in the last issue of the couple to couple league that sited that number. also you can go to polycarp.org for an excellent study.polycarp.org/
 
Here’s a chilling tale of the statistics. The CDC recognizes that in a given year, 15% of women who’s partners use condoms will be come pregnant. 15% will also contract an STD.

So if you are talking to a standard high school class of 30 kids, here are the bare facts.
If half of them are sexually active and all of them use condoms, on average 1 girl will become pregnant and 1 other student will contract an STD.

This is why teen age pregnancy and STDs are rampant problems today. The kids have been led to believe that they are protected by condoms and so they are less cautious than in previous generations about having sex. Sure, condoms reduce the incidence of pregnancy or STD transmission from 85% to 15%. but its far from zero. The chances of a pregnancy using a condom is approximately the same as killing yourself playing russian roullette with a six shooter. (1 out of 6 = 16.7%). Would anyone condone playing russian roulletter? Why should they condone unmarried sex (with or without a condom).
 
sherimarie said:
Failure to suppress ovulation has been found to occure 25% of the time with pill users. There was an artical in the last issue of the couple to couple league that sited that number. also you can go to polycarp.org for an excellent study.polycarp.org/
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👍 Thank you Sherimarie. I’ve wondered about this myself. Thanks for the link.

This is particularly important since that ‘failure to suppress ovulation’ allows a fertilized egg to attempt to implant in a uterus where the lining has been thinned by the contraceptive causing either pregnancy or, worse, a chemical abortion.

SO … many women have had chemical abortions and are not even aware of it.
 
Fidelis_Unus said:
This is particularly important since that ‘failure to suppress ovulation’ allows a fertilized egg to attempt to implant in a uterus where the lining has been thinned by the contraceptive **causing either pregnancy or, worse, a chemical abortion. **

SO … many women have had chemical abortions and are not even aware of it.
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Oh dear! What a horrible choice of words. I just read my post above and it sounds awful. :banghead:

Pregnancy is never horrible and I’m sorry if I’ve added even a tiny bit to that idea by my sentence. I should have just left the (or worse) portion out and simple said **allowing pregnancy or causing abortion. **
 
The fact is that the contraceptive pill has such a low failure rate because it also aborts aswell as contracepts, as has been said before. Condoms which only contracept and destroy sperm are more pro-life although they have a slightly lower success rate.
 
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