European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Any Magazine birth control a quest a of relative risks there is no right but a personal question for each woman and what suits her a photo by Judy Sarasohn staff writer for four months after they the 26yearold Soldier and her husband used the rhythm method to determine when it was Safe to have Intercourse and avoid she be came after her first she began taking a birth control sometimes she would forget to take the she became pregnant now i take it at a certain time every night so i she headaches and dizziness that she suffered at first Are now gone because her doctor has prescribed a  a 32yearold divorced and took the Pill successfully for five years until a doctor decided she should the Ilid caused bad cramping and the diaphragm didst suit her after several years of arguing with military she found an army doctor who agreed to perform a tubal ligation to sterilize a senior Navy noncommissioned officer in Italy is Happy with the married and in her she figures she can Stop taking it when the time is right for the experiences of these service members in Europe illustrate Points that military doctors Are trying to make to women who seek help in avoiding Only total abstinence is the perfect method of birth control without Short of sterilization which most military doctors will perform Only for patients with certain older women or those with special problems the Pill is the most effective method of birth birth control should be tailored to the individual she should find a method which poses the least May risk to her health and one that she can use most effect the perfect contraceptive has yet to be those that Are highly effective have a pregnancy is its a question of relative said Richard head of obstetrics and gynaecology at the air Force Hospital at although the military doctors did not have figures on the number of women using different types of birth they said most Are asking for and receiving the it has been 25 years since the Pill was approved for Sale in the United states and about 10 million women now use More than 11 million women depend on sterilization their own or their partners to pre vent but Many of them used the Pojl or some continued on Page 14 the stars and stripes Page 13