European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Contraception is a personal choice. Working and educated women are often well versed with various methods of contraception but the woman residing in shanty towns, rural areas or semi urban areas are either unfamiliar of these methods or if familiar , still hesitate to use them correctly. Contraception is a vital component for a woman’s health as a woman who can plan the frequency and interval of childbirths can easily rule her home and workplace more efficiently and confidently. Historically, various contraceptive methods and practices have been used throughout the world and woman had little choice in planning pregnancies.¹When we look upon the history of birth control we come across a key figure Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), she was educated as a nurse, well known and highly controversial proponent of contraception. She was credited with developing the term “Birth control”². When we look at Indian experience about birth control, in 1952 the family planning program was the first national level program with focus on population stabilization