Hmm interesting study...
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Economy/Story?id=7688558&page=1When sex researcher Rachel K. Jones published a report that suggests the much-maligned withdrawal method of birth control was nearly as effective as condoms in preventing pregnancy, she was showered with criticism.
A Guttmacher Institute study suggests that the withdrawal method of contraception is not "reproductive roulette," rather it is nearly as effective as condoms.
And it wasn't evangelicals who had taken virginity pledges who pulled out the big guns.
Those whom Jones said could benefit from this information -- couples in monogamous relationships who are not at risk for sexually transmitted diseases -- reacted in "sheer disbelief," she said.
"I don't know anybody who does the 'pull out' method, as we call it," said Lizzy Holmgren, a 23-year-old graduate student from Denver who has been a monogamous relationship for more than two years. "Most of us have had enough sex education courses to know that doesn't work very well."
The act of withdrawal -- the male pulling out before ejaculation -- is a long controversial method of birth control, one many sex education classes have condemned as risky.
But Jones' findings, based on several studies and data from the Guttmacher Institute , a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health where she is a senior research associate, were just the opposite.
