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Articles cover the basics of birth control.

Sympathetic volunteers answer your detailed one-on-one questions about birth control for free. Answers confidential.

Links to family planning choices including abstinence, condoms, diaphragm, hormonal implants, injections, IUD, tubal sterilization, the Pill, emergency contraception, vasectomy and how to choose.

Definitions for words encountered when reading about contraception.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America presents a review of the effectiveness, advantages, disadvantages and costs of reversible and permanent methods.

The Health Connection, Calgary Regional Health Authority. Birth control information, condoms and diaphragms, I.U.D, tubal ligation, vasectomy.

Informative articles concerning the history, present, and future of birth control. Access to discussions and links to related sites available.

Annotated collection of links to sites about contraception in general and specific contraceptive methods. From About.com.

Discusses use and failure rates of condoms, the pill, depo-provera, and natural methods, and includes a question and answer bulletin board. Also provides instructions for condom use and fertility charting.

Information to help decide which type of contraception is best for you and your partner. Includes descriptions of different methods and personal anecdotes. From King County, Washington, Health Department.

Results of an international survey of preferred birth control methods conducted by Roper Starch Worldwide.

A guide to contraceptive methods available in Canada.

Interactive online questionnaire, supported by extensive information about contraceptive methods, guides women or men through the decision process. From Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.

Comprehensive and readable information on birth control methods, by Dr. Robert Hatcher of Emory University.

The Global Reproductive Health Forum @ Harvard (GRHF). Harvard School of Public Health. Resource links to frequently asked questions, comprehensive contraception information including new methods, and research.

Peer-reviewed journal publishing papers on contraceptive advances and research in chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, biology, the medical sciences, and demography. Includes a sample issue.

Concise factsheet explaining effective methods of contraception, from the UK health insurance firm. Covers pills, male and female condoms, injectables, implants, diaphragms and caps, IUDs and intrauterine systems, sterilization, natural methods, and emergency contraception.

Professional articles, patient education materials, and continuing medical education courses covering birth control methods, recommendations and contraindications, and recent developments in the field.

Information on birth control and other methods of contraception.

By Mary Jane Bovo, MD. Overview of methods of birth control currently available, with cost, failure rate, correct usage, advantages and disadvantages of each.

Information on the currently available male and female contraceptive methods, including reference material and training tools, such as presentation graphics with trainer notes.

Objective is development of new or improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable, and suitable for use in the US and developing countries.

Discussed contraceptive choices, benefits and risks of birth control pill and possible connections between birth control and breast cancer.

Section includes plenty of information on the strengths and limitations of the major forms of birth control.

FHI works to improve reproductive health around the world by increasing the number of safe, effective, acceptable and affordable contraceptive methods to ensure that women and men achieve their desired number and spacing of children.