kinvoya wrote:A variety of studies, in the aggregate, show that 1 in 10 condoms fail -- breaks, slips, what have you. The pill is about 98% effective.
This is not true. This is the statistic that abstinance advocates use to try to keep people from having intercourse out of fear of pregnancy and STDs. Quality condoms, used properly, very rarely do any of these things. I'll try to find the actual stats later.
*shrugs* Make it one in a hundred. But please note, that I was stipulating that the condom was used absolutely correctly in 9 out of 10 cases -- unlikely in any event.
The larger point was simply that, even with good quality precautions used absolutely correctly, pregnancy is still a possibility. And I don't promote abstinence -- far from it (see earlier post). But I do promote being realistic about the relationship between sex and procreation, and about nature's ability to overcome odds.
Another example. Did you know that vasectomies are only 98% effective? Make an incision, go in, sever the tubes, remove a piece, cauterize both ends, and still 1 time in 50 the body will find a way to circumvent this procedure.
Have sex. Have lots of it. Use birth control. Be aware of the potential consequences nonetheless.
