Contraception
Authors: Elisabeth J. Woodhams, Melissa Gilliam
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

In the Clinic2 October 2012ContraceptionElisabeth J. Woodhams, MD, Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH, Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Darren Taichman, MD, PhD, and Sankey Williams, MDElisabeth J. Woodhams, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPHSearch for more papers by this author, Deborah Cotton, MD, MPHSearch for more papers by this author, Darren Taichman, MD, PhDSearch for more papers by this author, and Sankey Williams, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-7-201210020-01004 SectionsSupplemental MaterialAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Editor's Note: This issue of In the Clinic has been updated.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 99% of women in the ...References1. Finer LB, Zolna MR. Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006. Contraception. 2011;84:478-85. [PMID: 22018121] Google Scholar2. Winner B, Peipert JF, Zhao Q, et al. Effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1998-2007. [PMID: 22621627] Google Scholar3. Trussell J. Contraceptive efficacy. In: Hatcher RA, Nelson AL, et al, eds. Contraceptive Technology. New York, NY: Ardent Media; 2008 Google Scholar4. Grimes DA, Lopez LM, O'Brien PA, Raymond EG. Progestin-only pills for contraception. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010:CD007541. 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