Women on birth-control pills, the vaginal ring or the patch have a 20-fold higher risk of becoming unintentionally pregnant compared to those on IUDs (intrauterine devices) or implants, i.e. longer-acting forms of birth control, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine).
The researchers believe that the number of unplanned pregnancies among adolescent females in the USA would drop significantly if more of them went onto longer-acting contractive methods.
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