Contraception for Teenagers

The falling pregnancy rate is not a result of a decline in teenage sexual activity, which experts say has remained steady for decades. Nor does abortion, which has dropped along with pregnancies, account for fewer teen births. Rather, the data indicate that more teens now use contraception when they have sex. Still, too many fail to use the most effective methods or use them incorrectly or inconsistently, resulting in ill-timed or unwanted pregnancies.

 My Girlfriend Demands Sex Without Birth Control or Condoms

You’re correct when you say you can’t control your partner’s body. If she doesn’t want an IUD, and doesn’t like the way hormonal birth control makes her feel, it is her right to decide against both methods. But she also can’t control your body. If you’re not comfortable having penetrative sex without some kind of birth control, that’s your right.

A Chinese folk contraceptive could give rise to unisex 'molecular condoms'

The "thunder god vine" steals sperm's thunder.

Condom Effectiveness

Correctly using male condoms and other barriers like female condoms and dental dams, every time, can reduce (though not eliminate) the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis. They can also provide protection against other diseases that may be transmitted through sex like Zika and Ebola. Using male and female condoms correctly, every time, can also help prevent pregnancy.

Condoms Don’t Necessarily Help Teen Girls Avoid Pregnancy

According to a new study, distribution in schools can actually increase fertility rates. Can alternative policies be more effective?

Eco-Friendly, Nontoxic and Vegan: It’s a Condom

“Everyone is thinking about the ingredients in their food and their makeup,” she said. “But no one is thinking about the ingredients that go in the products they put in the most intimate parts of our body.”

How to get more men using condoms – put the pleasure back into sex

Pleasure, excitement and intimacy are powerful drivers in young people’s sexual decision making. But they are rarely considered when it comes to strategies for reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or promoting condom use.

If Buying Condoms Was Like Buying Birth Control

Some methods of contraception are much easier to access than others: If you want condoms, you head to your local drug store and walk out two minutes later; if you want birth control pills… it’s a process. So what if a guy trying to buy condoms had to go through the same things as a woman who needs a birth control prescription?

New glow condoms will light up at the sign of an STD

Condoms are supposed to protect us during sex from both STDs and from unintentional pregnancy. But we all know there is nothing that is 100 percent fail safe if partners are not honest with one another. Luckily, two young teens have found a solution.

Rushing to Put on Condoms May Lead to Problems

Rushing to put on a condom may lead to problems that raise the risk of sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study.

Schools Should Be Handing Out Condoms

There is nothing like sex to get people all hot and bothered, and when you add schools into the mix the palpitations are off the chart. So it’s no surprise that calls for contraception to be available in school have created something of a frenzy.

Talking Condoms Make Safe Sex Campaigns Acceptable in Conservative Countries

Using animation and humor to get important public health messages on the air.

The Weird Reason Men Are More Likely to Use Condoms

Condoms are the only method of birth control that also prevents STIs, but the data indicates they’re primarily used to avoid pregnancy. “I usually ask them right as we’re about to have sex if they’re on the pill,” Simonson said, supporting this notion. “That’s the deciding factor if I put on a condom.”

This factory makes five million condoms every day

To keep up with global demand, five million condoms slide off factory lines every day - hopefully never to slip off anything else again. In the latest in our toolkit series, WIRED takes a look at what they go through to ensure they're up to the job.

This Is a Condom

Condoms are cheap, widely available, and highly effective when used properly. But they’re also notoriously unsexy, and often forgone in the heat of the moment.

This Woman Just Made Condoms 10 Times Better

“Consumers have the same complaints about condoms: They smell disgusting, irritate the skin, and inhibit sensation. So we processed the latex to reduce the allergy-causing proteins and that rubbery scent. We also reimagined the packaging. When you walk down any condom aisle in America, you’ll see condoms reflecting more masculine images of conquest, which is out of touch with the modern view of sexuality. Our box is more gender-neutral. And our name resonates with both women and men.

What are the benefits of condoms?

oms and female condoms are the only methods of birth control that also help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Even if you’re already using a different kind of birth control to avoid pregnancy, it’s a good idea to also use condoms or female condoms every time you have sex to protect yourself from STDs.

Why Are Condoms Still a Thing?

I know they work, but shouldn't we have an STI-blasting laser or something by now?

Why porn stars should be forced to wear condoms

Not only are bacteria spread from woman to man and vice-versa during these acts, but daily and multiple anal penetration causes anal fissures. Condom use would of course fundamentally change the nature of much porn, in that the practices described above and the “money shot” would not be able to take place.

Why PrEP takers should still use condoms with HIV+ partners

There are a number of problems with this position. First, condoms protect against more than just HIV. Dispensing with their use risks exposure to other sexually transmitted infections, including gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis. Although these infections are usually curable, there are strains that are resistant to antibiotics and so difficult to treat. Drug-resistant gonorrhoea in particular represents a major public health concern.

Why Still So Few Use Condoms

With the "next-generation condom" initiative, Bill Gates is acknowledging that the practical reasons people don't use condoms warrant honest conversation.