Abstract
There has been a great deal of attention given lately, both in the medical and lay press, to pending, radical new strides in contraceptive techniques. I am referring particularly to such developments as "morning after" pills, prostaglandins, oral male contraceptives, copperimpregnated intra-uterine devices (IUD), single-dose long-term injections, and even the already longpending "mini-pill"—any of which may be more "ideal" than present methods. Since my colleagues and I at the Los Angeles Family Planning Clinics helped materially in the development of the original oral contraceptives and have been involved in studies of virtually every new birth control technique since 1950, I believe we are in a rather unique position to analyze critically where we currently stand regarding new and "promising" methods and other family planning developments. The so-called mini-pill should be considered first, since more clinical experience has been accumulated with it than any other presently "unavailable" new contraceptive. Despite an
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