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In the Clinic |2 October 2012

Contraception

Elisabeth J. Woodhams, MD; Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH

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Nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, and half of those will end in abortion, resulting in nearly 1.2 million abortions per year in the United States (1). Unintended pregnancy places significant emotional and financial burdens on the women and men involved, including negative effects on their families and children. Half of unintended pregnancies result from a contraceptive failure secondary to incorrect or inconsistent use or method failure; the other half results from nonuse of any method (2). More than...
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Woodhams EJ, Gilliam M. Contraception. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:ITC4–1. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-7-201210020-01004

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