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From: daved@hplsla.UUCP (daved)
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Subject: Cervical Caps anyone?
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 17:47:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 25 17:47:00 1986
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Nf-From: hplsla!daved    Sep 25 14:47:00 1986




On the back page of one of Seattle's local newspapers, the Weekly, in an
information/classified ad section reads the following ad:

                Cervical Caps - Birth Control

    Cervical caps are the newest, yet oldest form of birth control.  They
have been found to be safe and effective, yet convenient and spontaneous
and they require NO chemicals.  Cervical caps are available at.....


Does anyone know what cervical caps are?  My closest guess is that they are
actually diaphragms, but the "NO chemical" quailifier seems to cut them
out (unless the spermicidal adhesive isn't being considered a chemical).
If cervical caps are something new (..yet old..) how effective are they?
Has anyone had any experience with them?

                         Thanks in advance,
            
                            Dave Dow     (aka redwood)

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