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A vaginal diaphragm is a soft, rubber dome stretched over a
flexible ring. It is one of the barrier methods of birth
control for women. Before sexual intercourse, you insert
the diaphragm with some spermicide into the vagina. The
diaphragm provides a cuplike barrier over the cervix. (The
cervix is the opening of the uterus.) The diaphragm holds
spermicide over the cervix to destroy sperm, thus preventing
pregnancy.
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