# Girlfriend not wanting to take Birth Control

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 8, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815 "2014-09-08T01:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815/81 "2014-09-11T12:44:31Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> but used alone for pregnancy prevention, [you literally might as well Pull-and-Pray](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Economy/sex-study-pull-withdrawal-method-rivals-condoms-birth/story?id=7688558).

The first paragraph in that story has me cracking up. The report publisher ‘was showered with criticism’. I’m guessing it was something else…

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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815/82 "2014-09-11T13:09:58Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Then presumably you wouldn’t use condoms either, since most of them come with spermicidal lubricant already on them.

I’ve used about a dozen condoms in my entire life.

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