Recommended Web Sites

Birth Control: Choosing a Method That Is Right For You - This fact sheet comes from FamilyDoctor.org.

Birth Control Guide - The Food and Drug Administration has created this guide.

Choosing a Birth Control Method - This interactive guide steps you through the choices for birth control.

How Hormones Work to Prevent Pregnancy - This audio-video guide explains how each type of birth control works.

Abstinence - KidsHealth has prepared this info for teens.

Birth Control FAQ - These questions and answers are from the Mayo Clinic and cover a woman in her 20s through her 50s.

Birth Control Methods – This information is provided by the National Women’s Health Information Center. There is also a Spanish language version.

Birth Control Methods: How Well Do They Work? - KidsHealth has created this information for teens.

Birth Control Pill FAQ - These frequently asked questions (and their answers) are from the Mayo Clinic.

Choosing Contraception - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Emory University has created this fact sheet on abstinence.

Contraception.net – Although this site was created by a company that makes birth control pills, it contains a lot of useful information.

ContraceptionOnline - The Baylor College of Medicine has created this site describing all types of birth control.

Delaying Your Period Through Oral Contraceptives - Learn more about how to do this from the Mayo Clinic.

Emergency Contraception - This guide is from the National Women's Health Information Center.

The Emergency Contraception WebSite – This site, operated by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University and by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals covers all the methods available in the United States for emergency contraception. The information is also presented in Spanish, French or Arabic.

Facts About Vasectomy Safety – The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development provides this information about vasectomies.

Frequently Asked Questions About Contraception – Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide on many aspects of family care and AIDS/HIV.

Hormonal Contraception -- Injections, Implants, Rings, and Patches - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists offers this information.

How To Use Your Diaphragm - FamilyDoctor.org explains how.

MayoClinic: Birth Control Guide – In this section on sexuality, the physicians of the famed Mayo Clinic discuss birth control.

MedlinePlus: Birth Control/Contraception - The Librarians at the National Library of Medicine have assembled this list of links to quality web sites.

Natural Family Planning - The American Academy of Family Physicians reviews NFP. This document is also available in Spanish.

Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk - Learn more from the National Cancer Institute.

Planned Parenthood – Planned Parenthood provides information on birth control, as well as locations for their clinics. Some of the information is also available in Spanish.

The Right Way to Use a Condom – The American Social Health Association provides this graphic instruction on how to use both a male condom and a female condom.

Search for an Emergency Contraception Provider - Princeton University, Office of Population Research provides this information.

Spermicides - Read more about how they work to prevent pregnancy here.

Talking To Your Partner About Condoms - KidsHealth has created this information for teens.

Tubal Ligation (Female Sterilization) – The Women’s Health Information site explains surgical sterilization.

Tubal Sterilization:What You Should Know - The American Association of Family Physicians has created this fact sheet.

Vasectomy: What To Expect - FamilyDoctor.org has created this fact sheet.

Vasectomy Reversal - The American Urological Association has created this information.

What You Should Know About Contraception - Thi information is offered by the Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs.