About Talk Choice
At whatever stage of life, women should be choosing what they want from their contraception. Talk Choice aims to give women the information needed to start and guide contraception conversations with a doctor (or nurse/pharmacist) and raise their voice for choice!
Getting the method right is important. If contraception doesn't fit with a woman's lifestyle it might not be used properly, so increasing the risk of unplanned pregnancy. Around half of pregnancies in the UK are still unplanned.1,2
Women who are dissatisfied probably won't consider a change because they don't think there's an alternative that would suit them better.3
Talk Choice has a Panel of UK experts
Dr Anne Szarewski - Associate Specialist in Family Planning at The Margaret Pyke Centre
Dr Diana Mansour - Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Health Care
Dr Sarah Brewer - Health writer and broadcaster
Toni Belfield - Former director of information at the fpa (formerly Family Planning Association)
Catharine Parker-Littler - Consultant Midwife and founder of midwivesonline.com
There are loads of contraceptive options to choose from! And each suit women with different sex, work and family lives.
"Contraception is a normal part of modern life but isn't being given the time and attention it deserves. We need to start talking about and offering choice so that women have a method that suits their lifestyle and are effectively protected against unplanned pregnancy."
Dr Anne Szarewski, Associate Specialist in Family Planning at The Margaret Pyke Centre and Talk Choice Panel member
- Kishen M et al. J. Fam Planning Reprod Health Care. 2006:32(4)
- O'Sullivan I et al. ONS. 2005
- Women's choices in contraception – a quantitative study. December 2005
