Birth Control Options for Women

There are many options available to women to control the potential for pregnancy. Did your list contain these ideas?

• Endocrine inhibition
• Physical barriers
• Chemical barriers
• Mechanisms to interrupt fertilization and implantation
• Post implantation birth control
• Immunization against sperm
• Surgical sterilization
• Immunocontraception
• Other choices

As you begin to learn about the use of technology in giving women the freedom of choice about pregnancy, consider seriously why there are so many reasons why we know more about birth control for women than for men.