Word: condom
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...thus concludes that The Encare Oval should be considered "no more or less effective than the other vaginal contraceptive drugs available." The actual use/failure rate for these products is 20-30 percent, and according to Our Bodies, Ourselves are, thus, best used in conjunction with a condom...
...have had several inquiries as to whether The Encare Oval is effective when used without a condom. We feel that the approximate efficacy rate as mentioned above, does not warrant complete dependence on The Encare Oval alone: A condom should be used as well. Though a convenient, non-prescription product, The Encare Oval is not as "overwhelmingly satisfying" as advertised. We feel that The Harvard Crimson, having accepted advertisements for The Encare Oval, as well as others in the Harvard community, should know the facts, and make an intelligent choice for themselves. Nadja Gould, Supervisor Peer Contraceptive Counselors University Health...
Worship Cupid, but Don't Be Stupid! advises a press release put out by Zero Population Growth, Inc. A Valentine received by some Americans last week, inscribed Love ... Carefully, was equipped with a red condom. But few young couples in the U.S. today need antinatalist exhortations or equipment. Since 1957 the fertility rate has dropped from a peak of 3.76 children per woman to a record low of 1.75 last year. Though it may rise in the next 30 years, it is highly improbable that Americans in the foreseeable future will again engage in the great procreational spree...
Your academic footnote referring to an apocryphal 17th century English court physician, Dr. Condom, brings to mind the shy teen-ager who asked me for a prescription for "condiments" (from the French condire, to pickle, season or add relish to). Gerald C. Freedman, M.D. Mill Valley, Calif...
...Named after an apocryphal 17th century English court physician, Dr. Condom, who supposedly invented them after Charles II became alarmed by the number of his illegitimate children...