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To generalise wildly, there are two ways to control fertility: to have children quickly and then use contraception to stop having more, or to space out births, leaving longer intervals between each.
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The onus, as award-winning science writer Maria Hvistendahl says, is on women to control their fertility.
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However, the majority of women, especially in the developing world, are still unable to control their fertility.
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We might indeed say that women have a right to control their fertility: I most certainly do.
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"These findings define a new drug target with wide potential for therapeutic intervention in conditions such as hormonal-dependent cancer, abnormal puberty and control of fertility, " said Dr Samuel Aparicio of Paradigm Therapeutics.
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This method of control does cut fertility, but not as much as the other.
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Unlike the male condom, the effectiveness of the Pill was not linked to use during sexual activity, giving women unprecedented sexual freedom and control over their fertility.
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In either scenario, she would assume control of her fertility from the outset, rather than freeze her eggs as a frenzied reaction to her life's not having unfolded the way she imagined.
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Women have had the know-how and the need to control their own very private fertility destinies for many millenniums.
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According to the Center for Disease Control, 7.3 million people in the U.S. suffer fertility problems.
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