(Reuters Health) – Up to 17 percent of young adults in the U.S. may be using “withdrawal” to prevent pregnancy, although not necessarily relying just on that method, a new study finds. In the sample ...

Withdrawal (coitus interruptus or pulling out), as the male traditional contraceptive method, is one of the oldest temporary contraceptive methods used in the world 1. It is estimated that 5.5% of all ...

As the name implies, in pulling out, one partner takes his penis out of the other partner’s vagina before he ejaculates. By doing this, fewer sperm travel through the vagina and cervix. The male ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, developing more contraception ...