What does it mean when the statistics say that condoms are, at best, 98% effective.
It sounds like 1/50 times a condom is used, it won’t prevent pregnancy. But this doesn’t seem right because those stats wouldn’t be worth the risk.
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I had a room-mate once. She was really cool, did tech for theatre productions and indie bands. We were close and she confided a lot to me (and me to her.)
I’m not judging here, but she, in her 20’s, had three abortions. To me, she admitted that sometimes she wants sex without a condom. To her doctor, when she needed an abortion, she said that “We used condoms, it must have failed.”
Again, I’m not judging, and we all have a right to our bodies. That said, she’s one of the 2% failure rate of condoms.
To the statisticians out there, failure rate is always self-reported. Take that as you will.
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