The word 'contraceptive' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used as a noun to refer to a method or device used to prevent pregnancy. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something that prevents pregnancy. Example: "The couple decided to use a contraceptive method to prevent unwanted pregnancies."
She took one of the few options open to pregnant adolescents in South Sudan, where abortion is illegal and modern contraceptive methods are almost unheard of.
Concerns that tap water contains oestrogens from contraceptive pills being peed out or that it has passed through the kidneys of 10 people are not valid, says Younger.
Though generally safe, it can interact with other drugs such as the contraceptive pill.
The spread of family planning in South Sudan poses a monumental challenge, requiring the government to extend its work beyond a drive for general contraceptive awareness through healthcare facilities.
Despite the huge risks associated with unprotected sex in South Sudan, including an HIV epidemic and one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, the rate of contraceptive prevalence amongst women of childbearing age remains at just 1.7%.
Family planning is not a well-understood concept throughout much of the country, and misunderstanding surrounds both the term itself and most contraceptive methods.
Jane visited a clinic run by local health care workers to ask for a contraceptive injection.
Unaddressed in all this is a significant cultural obstacle to contraceptive use in South Sudan, with deeper roots than the common misconceptions.
Almost 60% blamed contraceptive failure for their unwanted pregnancies, and half of these blamed condoms, twice as many as in 1987.
According to Vicki Croke, an American reporter who is nothing if not thorough, about 4,000 kinds of contraceptive implants have been used in 100,000 animals worldwide.A bison in San Francisco, she reports, received an epididymectomy, which stops him from reproducing but keeps his status as a dominant bull.
Weighing in on the contraceptive mandate in the health-care bill might offend a Catholic student.
