IUDs--update on safety, effectiveness, and research.
After nearly two decades of use, the IUD remains "a generally safe, effective and useful form of birth control" (337). With fewer than six pregnancies per 100 women-years of use and fewer than ten deaths per one million women-years of use, according to a comprehensive new review by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the IUD has an important place in modern family planning programs.
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