Contraception is vital to modern society, enabling women to take control of their childbearing.
Nowadays, there is a tendency for women to start families later and therefore use contraception for longer. To give couples the best advice, healthcare professionals need to be well informed about the wide range of products and methods available. Women worldwide are increasingly taking control of when to bear children and the use of contraception has therefore become essential to modern society. In the west, where personal-choice marriage and courtship are the customs, there is a tendency for women to start families later and use contraception for longer. In the east, where parent-arranged marriage is the norm, women use contraception to plan the timing of bearing children.