Old Jun 18, 2004 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LABARINTH
with birth control being 99% effective at keeping a women from getting pregnant and then if she gets pregnant and continues to take it there is a 99% chance it will end the preganancy, I don't think not having that early warning will effect most people.
Youn overestimate the statistics. Hormonal BC has an effective rate of about 95-99%, which actually means after a year, 1-4% of women on it will get pregnant.

I've known two women to get pregnant while taking hormonal BC. Abstinence is the only 100% solution, but IMO, a very impractical one.
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