According toThe Dallas Morning News, this three-year endowment is expected to help around 1,000 women each year.
There’s reason to think this donation will have a positive outcome for many women in Texas.
With over 99 percent efficacy, LARCs are an unparalleled form of birth control.
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IUDscan provide either hormonal or non-hormonal pregnancy prevention.
There are two other forms of hormonal IUDsSkyla and Lilettawhich both last for three years.
ParaGard, a non-hormonal IUD made with copper, lasts for a whopping 10 years.
It works bycreating an environment that’s toxic to sperm, says Abdur-Rahman.
To round out its stellar benefits, ParaGard can also act asemergency contraception.
Then there’s the arm implant, Nexplanon, which canprotect you from pregnancyfor up to three years.
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It’s a plastic, matchstick-sized rod containing progestin, or the synthetic version of the hormone progesterone.
(The insertion involves anesthesia.)
Birth control that’s better at warding off pregnancy than any other kind can offer women so much relief.
What he means is: LARCs are pretty hard for you to mess up.
“They’re great because patients don’t have to think, ‘Did I take my Pill?’
or ‘Do I have mycondomswith me?’
It takes away those potential areas for failure,” says Minkin.
There’s also the larger financial aspect.
“Unintended pregnancies and their associated costs are expensive,” says Gilman.
Gilman points out that unlike unintended pregnancies, family planning services including contraception actuallysavemoney.
All women should have health insurance coverage for this," she says.
“This is not just a women’s issue,” says Gilman.
“This is an everybody issue.”
