Birth Control

About Birth Control: What You Need to Know
Articles cover the basics of birth control.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/contraception/contraception.html

Allexperts Birth Control
Volunteers answer your detailed one-on-one questions about birth control for free. Answers confidential.
http://www.allexperts.com/browse.cgi?catLvl=3&catID=1445

AnnRose's Ultimate Birth Control Links
Links to family planning choices including abstinence, condoms, diaphragm, hormonal implants, injections, IUD, tubal sterilization, the Pill, emergency contraception, vasectomy and how to choose.
http://www.ultimatebirthcontrol.com

Birth Control Contraceptives Choices
Annotated collection of links to sites about contraception in general and specific contraceptive methods. From About.com.
http://womenshealth.about.com/od/birthcontrol/

Birth Control Guide
Discusses use and failure rates of condoms, the pill, depo-provera, and natural methods, and includes a question and answer bulletin board. Also provides instructions for condom use and fertility charting.
http://www.contracept.info/

Birth Control Methods
Information to help decide which type of contraception is best for you and your partner. Includes descriptions of different methods and personal anecdotes. From King County, Washington, Health Department.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/famplan/birthcontrol/

Birth Control Survey Results
Results of an international survey of preferred birth control methods conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide.
http://www.birthcontrolresources.com/

CBCA: Birth Control
A guide to contraceptive methods available in Canada.
http://www.cbca.ab.ca/Birth%20Control.htm

Choosing a Contraceptive
Information on birth control methods, by Dr. Robert Hatcher of Emory University.
http://www.gynob.emory.edu/familyplanning/contraception.cfm

Contraception factsheet from BUPA
Concise factsheet explaining effective methods of contraception, from the UK health insurance firm. Covers pills, male and female condoms, injectables, implants, diaphragms and caps, IUDs and intrauterine systems, sterilization, natural methods, and emergency contraception.
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/contraception.html

Contraception Online
Professional articles, patient education materials, and continuing medical education courses covering birth control methods, recommendations and contraindications, and recent developments in the field.
http://www.contraceptiononline.org/

Contraception.net
Organon International, manufacturer of oral contraceptives, hormonal implants, and vaginal rings, provides information about these and other methods of contraception.
http://www.contraception.net/

Contraceptive Guide
By Mary Jane Bovo, MD. Overview of methods of birth control currently available, with cost, failure rate, correct usage, advantages and disadvantages of each.
http://www.mjbovo.com/Contracept/index.htm

Contraceptive Methods
Information on the currently available male and female contraceptive methods, including reference material and training tools, such as presentation graphics with trainer notes.
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/1fp/1methods/1methods.htm

Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD) Program
Objective is development of new or improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable, and suitable for use in the US and developing countries.
http://www.conrad.org/

DrDonnica.com
Discussed contraceptive choices, benefits and risks of birth control pill and possible connections between birth control and breast cancer.
http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=501

eMedicine Health - Pregnancy and Reproduction
Section includes plenty of information on the strengths and limitations of the major forms of birth control.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/collections/CO1602.asp

Family Health International
FHI works to improve reproductive health around the world by increasing the number of safe, effective, acceptable and affordable contraceptive methods to ensure that women and men achieve their desired number and spacing of children.
http://www.fhi.org

Family Planning
A review of contraceptive methods available worldwide and choosing the right method for you.
http://www.engenderhealth.org/wh/fp/index.html

Feminist Women's Health Center
Complete descriptions of every method of birth control available in the USA, birth control comparison chart. How a woman's menstrual cycle works and when she is most likely to get pregnant.
http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/index.htm

Healthlink - Update on Contraception: Traditional, Barrier and Surgical Methods
Overview of several methods of birth control, including abstinence, withdrawal, fertility awareness, male and female condoms, sponge, cervical cap, diaphragm, and sterilization.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1022855064.html

Male Contraception Using Testicular Heating
Results from the literature and from self-experimentation on the use of testicular heating as a birth control method.
http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/malebc.html

Male Contraceptives
Information about experimental male contraceptives, particularly non-hormonal methods, and what you can do to encourage more research.
http://www.malecontraceptives.org

MedlinePlus: Birth Control
News, overviews, conditions, issues, research, and statistics.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birthcontrol.html

Region VIII Family Planning Training
A resource intended for Title X and non-Title X family planning providers in PHS Region VIII. (Denver, CO)
http://www.region8familyplanning.org

Sexuality and Contraception When Approaching Menopause
Advice for women in pre-menopause about the continuing need for contraception and special concerns they may have in selecting a method to use, from Women's Health Queensland Wide.
http://www.womhealth.org.au/factsheets/sexandcontraception.htm

SoYouWanna pick a method of birth control?
Review of primary methods of birth control.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/bcontrol/bcontrol.html

Various Methods of Birth Control
A personally maintained site that explores virtually all methods of contraception and their pros and cons. Includes reports of personal experiences.
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/talbot/birthcontrol.html

Virtual Guide to Contraception
General information and fact sheets about the full range of family methods available in Ireland.
http://www.ifpa.ie/contraception/

The Whole Truth About Contraception: A Guide to Safe and Effective Choices (1997)
Book-length report covers barrier and hormonal methods, intrauterine devices, surgical sterilization, and other approaches such as the "rhythm" method and breastfeeding as a contraceptive. Issued by National Academy Press.
http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/5281.html

Young Women's Health: Contraception and Birth Control
Information for teens covers different contraceptive methods, abstinence, and "mythical methods of birth control." Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital Boston.
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/contra.html