Response to Austad: Offering a Range of Methods, Including Fertility Awareness Methods, Facilitates Method Choice
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When selecting a contraceptive method, women and men consider various attributes in addition to effectiveness, such as side effects, return to fertility, level of medical intervention, and interference with sexual activity. Offering a range of methods, including fertility awareness methods that meet the standard to be considered modern, helps to address these considerations, facilitating method choice.
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