# What are some ways birth control pills fail?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 11, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-ways-birth-control-pills-fail/294087 "2005-03-11T21:16:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-ways-birth-control-pills-fail/294087/21 "2005-03-15T03:19:18Z")

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I always have condoms around, even though I admit I don’t use them all the time. (Nearly a year, monogamous, only concern is pregancy.) Recently I was on antibiotics and if I hadn’t been feeling too sick for sex I sure as heck would have insisted on using them. My SO is great when it comes to that. He doesn’t want me getting pregnant any more than I do right now, but we’re not ready to do anything permanent about that. Well…I would, happily, but lacking insurance, it’s expensive to get fixed!

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