New choices bring wider range of women to family planning

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CycleBeads have been developed by Georgetown University researchers to help women manage their fertility. Credit: Institute for Reproductive Health Georgetown University Medical Center
CycleBeads have been developed by Georgetown University researchers to help women manage their fertility. Credit: Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University Medical Center

A study appearing in the March 2008 issue of the journal Contraception reports that the Standard Days Method®, a natural family planning method developed by researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center’s Institute for Reproductive Health, brings new women to family planning. More than half the women who selected the Standard Days Method had never previously used family planning and on average, contraceptive use increased by 8 percent in communities where the method was introduced.


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