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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Who's Life Anyway?
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 14:49:46 EDT
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> >       .01% contraceptive failure?  I thought it was higher than this, but
> > I really don't know.  Anyone out there know the failure rate for the most
> > common methods?
> 
> As I understand it (and what I was working from) the pill runs about
> 99.9% success.  Anyone want to look it up/correct me?
> 				Jean Marie Diaz

    If this figure is correct, then a woman who is on the pill and who has
intercourse every other night has one chance in six of becoming pregnant
in any given year.  Those of you who think abortions are needed only by
people who just don't bother to use birth control might want to think
again.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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   "Well I've been burned before, and I know the score,
    so you won't hear me complain.
    Are you willing to risk it all, or is your love in vain?"-Dylan