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Is the pullout method fine actually?

Is the pullout method fine actually?

Update: 2025-05-06
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Our whole lives, we’ve been told the pullout or withdrawal method is not a legitimate form of birth control and a fast-track way to becoming a parent. Some have even referred to it as the pull-and-pray method.


But reproductive health researcher Andréa Becker makes the argument that the pullout method “is not the enemy of public health it’s been made out to be” if done correctly. 


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Is the pullout method fine actually?

Is the pullout method fine actually?