Condoms

Latex condoms have a contraceptive failure rate of 3% per year. This means that if 100 couples having regular sex used condoms correctly every time (see using a condom – do’s and don’ts) for a year, 3 of the women would become pregnant. Of course, if you do not use condoms every time you have sex, or if you do not use them properly, they will not be as effective, and the ‘failure rate’ would be about 15%.

 

Condoms have an important advantage over other types of contraception – they give good protection against sexually transmitted diseases. As a result, many women who use the contraceptive pill for protection against pregnancy, still like their partner to use condoms.

Written by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Edited by: Dr Margaret Stearn
Last updated: Wednesday, May 4th 2011

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Posted by Optional on 26/12/2011 at 01:28

hi i have a condom broken wat i can do new plz

Posted by VANSA on 03/12/2010 at 10:53

HOW TO APPLY A CONDOM

Posted by chris on 11/11/2010 at 05:59

hi, is condom safe for every thing, specaily for woman, is she safe in every way? will not have any enternal problem because of condom?

Posted by dorris on 20/09/2010 at 05:16

Hello There, I Was Woundering If You Can Still Have Sex When You Have Thrush?

Posted by toni on 22/07/2010 at 03:44

can you have sex with a condom when you have chlamydia

Posted by Anonymous on 25/01/2010 at 02:43

They are most deffinatly not called "French Letters" in England there called condoms or "Jonies". I'm A English guy and that's the first time I've ever seen the Phrase "French Letters"