Birth control methods

In preparation of our Thursday class, please take a look at the following site from Planned Parenthood on Birth Control methods available.

Read about Norplant from the Population Council - one of its original developers.

An article from the ACLU entitled Norplant: A New Contraceptive with the Potential for Abuse

Incidentally, Norplant has been discontinued in the US since 1996, but is still used in other developing countries like Bengladesh.

Abortion: The World Health Organization "Preventing unsafe abortions" site has some statistics about abortion related deaths around the world.