#contraception

#contraception

Among sexually active women who use contraception, 21 percent take birth control pills, while far fewer—13 percent—rely on intrauterine devices (IUDs). Women can assess which of the dozen methods is best for them by talking with family planning counselors at Planned Parenthood and other contraception providers.

Tributes have poured in from across Ireland after the death of Mary McGee, a woman credited with sparking a social revolution that paved the way for the legalisation of contraceptives in the country. McGee, who went by the name May, and her husband, Seamus, hit the headlines in 1972 after the couple lodged a landmark legal challenge against a decades-old law that banned the sale or import of contraceptives in Ireland.