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Birth Control Implants
Birth control implants are contraceptives placed in the hip, with possible failures that trouble both doctors and residents.
Story so far
Doc Haines suspects that a bad batch of birth control implants has reached Silo Thirty-Two. The implants are placed in the hip. Mission Jones understands that one may fail in a case out of ten thousand; this is his understanding of the risk.
Role
The implants provide contraception, though their reliability is questioned.
Relationships
Doc Haines — Doc Haines suspects a faulty batch in Silo Thirty-Two.
Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 11
- Doc Haines suspects a bad batch of birth control implants in Silo Thirty-Two.
Chapter 29
- Contraceptive implants are placed in the hip.
- Mission understands that a contraceptive implant may fail in one case out of ten thousand.