Are you freakin’ kidding me?  The New York Times is sounding off on how the withdrawal method, or pull out method of “birth control” is getting a bad rap.  It is profiling a research article from the journal Contraception that states the withdrawal method is as good at preventing pregnancies as is using a condom.  I’m calling a Code Bullshit.

According to the article if the withdrawal method is used correctly 100% of the time (yeah, right) there is about a 4% chance in a year that the couple will become pregnant.  If condoms are used correctly 100% of the time (yeah, right) there is a 2% chance the couple will become pregnant.  The statistics with actual human beings are :  “Typical use of withdrawal leads to pregnancy 18 percent of the time, they write; for typical use of condoms 17 percent of the time.”

Call me a cynic but any form of birth control that relies solely on male responsibility should not be advertised as the next best thing.  Yes, the withdrawal method probably works fine for those long-term, committed, married couples, but they’re not having any sex anyway.

RR