Welcome to the wide and wild world of contraception, also known as birth control. There are many options available, ranging in effectiveness (of preventing pregnancy), symptoms, and effects on your cycle. Contraception is broken into a few ‘families,’ as seen below.

On January 31, 2025, several web pages regarding sexual and reproductive health were removed from the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website without warning. At Comma, we believe everyone should have accurate, scientific, and equitable access to information and education on sexual and reproductive health. As such, we retrieved the most recent version of these CDC resources from the Wayback Machine and are hosting them here on our website.