No, I don't mean "easy" in that way. I'm talking ease-of-use here: according to Feministing, the folks who make the Nuva Ring birth control (btw, that link includes a free trial offer) are working on a yearlong version.

Right now, the Nuva Ring lasts a month, you have to remove it to have your period, and it costs about the same as a month's worth of pills--so aside from the not-having-to-take-a-pill-every-day, there's not a lot of benefit, and there's the added concern about what if it shifts position. A year-long version wouldn't solve the latter position (though obviously it's not all that hard to check the position), but it would save the hassle of prescription refills every month, which is nothing to sneeze at.

That, plus any new and reliable method of birth control is a damn good thing.

Bitch_PhD loved Norplant best of all, and it pisses her off that her insurance company won't cover it.