Editing Coitus interruptus (section)

{{Short description|Withdrawal method of birth-control}}
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'''''Coitus interruptus''''', also known as '''withdrawal''', '''pulling out''' or the '''pull-out method''', is an act of [[birth control]] during [[sexual intercourse]], whereby the [[Human penis|penis]] is withdrawn from a [[vagina]] prior to [[ejaculation]] so that the ejaculate ([[semen]]) may be directed away in an effort to avoid [[insemination]].<ref name=Rogow1995>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rogow D, Horowitz S | title = Withdrawal: a review of the literature and an agenda for research | journal = Studies in Family Planning | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 140–53 | year = 1995 | pmid = 7570764 | doi = 10.2307/2137833 | jstor = 2137833 }}, which cites:<br />
:[[Population Action International]] (1991). "A Guide to Methods of Birth Control." Briefing Paper No. 25, Washington, D. C.</ref><ref name="MedscapeCoitusInterruptus"/>

This method was used by an estimated 38 million couples worldwide in 1991.<ref name=Rogow1995/> ''Coitus interruptus'' does not protect against [[Sexually transmitted disease|sexually transmitted infections]] (STIs).<ref name="ineff">{{cite journal | vauthors = Creatsas GK | s2cid = 46433691 | title = Sexuality: sexual activity and contraception during adolescence | journal = Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology | volume = 5 | issue = 6 | pages = 774–83 | date = December 1993 | pmid = 8286689 | doi = 10.1097/00001703-199312000-00011 }}</ref>