If you had medical issues with your body, would you want to be able to easily get medication that could help your body fight against the issues that you have? Many women, and teenage girls today have a hard time getting to birth control because they have to go to a specialized doctor that helps give them the birth control, and they have a hard time being able to pay for it. Birth Control should be widely available to women to get over the counter, because many women use it for health reasons than as a contraception.
Birth control is commonly known as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies in women, it is often known as a contraceptive. Most often birth control can come as a pill, patch, or a shot - it all depends on what is best for the user, their body and what they would prefer. When a woman uses birth control,"the hormones in the pill can affect the lining of the uterus, making it difficult for an egg to attach to the wall of the uterus" (Gavin 1). Birth control does not only …show more content…
Endometriosis is when tissue grows inside the uterus of a woman, and causes internal bleeding inside which can potentially cause infertility. The pill helps because it stops the body from releasing an egg, and having a period ultimately alleving the pain that is caused by endometriosis. Endometriosis is “the most common form of cancer for female reproductive organs and nearly 55,000 new cases are diagnosed every year” (Donovan 1). Jaclyn M. from New York, New York whom is a daily user of birth control for her endometriosis says that, “(she is) one of the many American women who need the birth control pill for pain relief. Without it, the pain of (her) endometriosis is intolerable.” (Richard 16). Just last year, birth control “has prevented 400,000 cases of endometrial cancer over the past 50 years. Around half of these cases have been prevented in the last decade” (Donovan
Birth control is commonly known as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies in women, it is often known as a contraceptive. Most often birth control can come as a pill, patch, or a shot - it all depends on what is best for the user, their body and what they would prefer. When a woman uses birth control,"the hormones in the pill can affect the lining of the uterus, making it difficult for an egg to attach to the wall of the uterus" (Gavin 1). Birth control does not only …show more content…
Endometriosis is when tissue grows inside the uterus of a woman, and causes internal bleeding inside which can potentially cause infertility. The pill helps because it stops the body from releasing an egg, and having a period ultimately alleving the pain that is caused by endometriosis. Endometriosis is “the most common form of cancer for female reproductive organs and nearly 55,000 new cases are diagnosed every year” (Donovan 1). Jaclyn M. from New York, New York whom is a daily user of birth control for her endometriosis says that, “(she is) one of the many American women who need the birth control pill for pain relief. Without it, the pain of (her) endometriosis is intolerable.” (Richard 16). Just last year, birth control “has prevented 400,000 cases of endometrial cancer over the past 50 years. Around half of these cases have been prevented in the last decade” (Donovan