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by nullc 2439 days ago
Maybe a cultural split-- sex discussion subreddits are full of posts with people using both condoms and hormonal birth control freaking out worrying that they'll get pregnant and getting replies saying "don't worry too much, so long as you use condoms, birth control, and withdrawal it's somewhat unlikely! Just make sure you do all three!"

I figured that somewhere the people in charge of reefer madness videos got assigned to make sex-ed material. :)

So there is at least some risk that when you hear someone say that abortion is an alternative to hormonal contraception, what they're really thinking is condoms+abortion is an alternative to condoms+pill.

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Along those same lines, ignorance may cause someone to equate hormonal pills with the “Plan B“ pill, especially in a “condoms+pill” context like the one you’re outlining.