When it comes to birth control, women seem to have all the options. Men have the choice of using methods that rely on self-control and awareness, various brands and flavors of condoms, or getting snipped. For women, on the other hand, selecting a methods of contraception can be about as complex and detail-driven as choosing a dress for some formal gathering where she wants to make an impression. There are the pills and patches that release a variety of hormones that make the body think it is already pregnant, which ironically prevents an actual pregnancy from happening. There are a number of devices available for women that function in the same way as condoms do for men, though methods that rely on self-control are much less common. However, recent news may have helped take off at least one option from women’s birth control menus.
The Ortho Evra patch, which is basically a patch that releases the same batch of hormones into the body that a pill does, has recently been found to have a potentially fatal side effect. While the Food and Drug Administration has long ignored the possibility that the patch can cause potentially fatal blood clots in some women, there have...