Assertion: birth control's hormone | /r/CapableOf | prevent pregnancy
Facets:
value: by suppressing the pituitary gland
type: MANNER
value: by stopping ovulation
type: MANNER
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: in two ways
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: These hormones work to inhibit the body's natural cyclical hormones to prevent pregnancy.
text: These hormones prevent pregnancy by stopping the release of a mature egg from a woman’s ovaries (ovulation).
text: They release a hormone that prevents pregnancy.
text: The birth control pill contains hormones that prevent pregnancy.
text: It contains hormones that prevent pregnancy.
text: It releases hormones that prevent pregnancy.
text: It contains hormones that prevent pregnancy.
text: It releases a hormone that prevents pregnancy.
text: They release a hormone that prevents pregnancy.
text: To prevent pregnancy, the birth control ring and the hormones it releases also thicken the cervical mucus so that sperm find it hard to swim from the cervix to the uterus and to the fallopian tube.
text: These “placebo” or sugar pills reinforce the habit of taking a pill every day so that women will not forget to take the pills with hormones that actually prevent pregnancy.
text: The hormones in the Mirena, Kyleena, Liletta, and Skyla IUDs prevent pregnancy in two ways: 1) they thicken the mucus that lives on the cervix, which blocks and traps the sperm, and 2) the hormones also sometimes stop eggs from leaving your ovaries (called ovulation), which means there’s no egg for a sperm to fertilize.
text: Hormones to prevent pregnancy can be injected, but have a higher risk of weight gain, which can cause more insulin resistance.
text: These hormones prevent pregnancy mainly by stopping ovulation (the release of an egg from one of the ovaries).
text: The hormones in the pills prevent pregnancy by suppressing the pituitary gland, which stops the development and release of the egg in the ovary (ovulation) (see female reproductive anatomy image below).