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As a reminder, this tool is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended as, nor should it be considered a substitute for, professional medical advice. Do not use the information on this website for diagnosing or treating any medical or health condition or making any final decisions regarding your preferred contraceptive method without consulting with your doctor or another professional healthcare provider.
For additional information, please also consider visiting these websites:
For additional information, please also consider visiting these websites:
- Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers - This website and handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals in low- and middle-income countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Contraception: This section of the CDC’s website provides information regarding reproductive health in general, as well as contraception specifically.
- Planned Parenthood: Birth Control - The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. This section of its website provides details about existing contraceptive methods.
- Guttmacher Institute - The Guttmacher Institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) worldwide. Its website documents the need for, access to and use of contraceptives, as well as the impacts of that use, including the health, economic and social benefits of fulfilling the unmet need for contraception.
- Power to Decide - Power to Decide is a public, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on the prevention of unplanned pregnancies. Its website seeks to provide trusted, high-quality, accurate, research-backed information on sexual health and contraceptive methods so that people can make informed decisions.
- Bedsider - Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by Power to Decide which seeks to be a useful tool for women to learn about their birth control options, better manage their birth control, and in the process avoid getting pregnant until they’re ready.
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Contraception and Birth Control Resources - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In this section of its website, the NICHD provides links to websites of groups that study or provide information about contraception and birth control.
- Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI) - MCI is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving family planning by providing more birth control options for men and couples. Its website features information about existing contraceptive methods for men, as well as updates on methods in development.
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