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...internists themselves maintain that they present a standard and balanced repertoire and don't push any particular methods. Wacker, for instance, sizes up the pill to prospective users by first admitting that it has side-effects, but they are all fairly well-known. Since the estrogen levels of the pill have been reduced, "you don't find any increasing toxity," Wacker says, adding that the pill has now been used safely for the past 15 to 16 years. Bisbee advises: "What we say is that there is no connection between the pill and cancer." As for the diaphragm, Harvard...
...true that a lot of people are switching away from the pill to the diaphragm," Wacker says. However, he adds, because of UHS's decentralized structure there is no sure way of telling how many women are making the change. He says he often sees a pattern where women arrive at Harvard on the pill and then switch to the diaphragm after a few years here, Blevins says that lately she has been fitting a number of women for the diaphragm before they have ever tried the pill...
...Wacker says the IUD is way down on his list of recommended birth control methods. The IUD peaked two years ago in popularity, he says. In women who have not given birth, the IUD tends to have some side-effects--including severe cramps, especially during menstruation, Wacker says. The UHS, however, does offer a smaller IUD for women who have not had children...
Unwanted pregnancies at Harvard, Wacker says, are fairly rare--resulting usually because the user's birth control method has failed, and not because the couples were unprotected. Students who forget to take the pill regularly, or those who inserted their diaphragm poorly, are the cause for many of the unwanted pregnancies, Wacker says...
...policy toward those couples who face unwanted pregnancies is "to expedite whatever is the reasonable choice," according to Wacker. If the woman wants an abortion, the UHS will not handle it, but can make the arrangements. The UHS works on an "ad hoc" basis for a couple of which only one member is Harvard-affiliated, Wacker says. For most women who want abortions, the University recommends that they go to small clinics such as the Crittenden Clinic in Boston...