II. Life
2.3 Reproduction
Article 36 - Contraception
Birth Control is a phrase used to define a range of methods and procedures to prevent fertilization or to interrupt or terminate the earliest stages of pregnancy.
There are four (4) main form of birth control are Contraception, Sterilization, Contragestation and Abortion:
(i) Contraception is any method or procedure that seeks to prevent fertilization; and
(ii) Sterilization is the intentional intervention to render a member of an organism unable to reproduce; and
(ii) Contragestation is any method or procedure that seeks to prevent the implantation of the blastocyst; and
(iii) Abortion is the termination of pregnancy and the life of an embryo or fetus through its removal or expulsion from the uterus.


