Female Birth Control Essay

In today’s world, many forms of contraceptives exist to aid women in preventing unintended pregnancies. Many of these contraceptives have been proven to be effective, with each having varying effects on the female reproductive system. This paper, however, focuses on hormonal birth control including the oral combination pills, hormonal IUD, Norplant, Nexplanon (implant) and Depo- Provera, which consist either of a combination or single set dosage of estrogen and/ or synthetic progesterone, progestin. The biological effects of these hormonal birth controls on the female body includes preventing ovulation, thickening the cervical fluid, and inhibiting implantation due to the thinner lining of the endometrium. While there are other types of birth control methods, such as male condoms, diaphragm, spermicide etc, according to the CDC, hormonal forms of birth control tops the charts at being more effective at preventing pregnancies (Effectiveness of Family Planning Method) . For instance, besides abstinence, the best forms of birth control is the implant and hormonal IUD which are both 99.9% effective at preventing pregnancies, with Depo-provera following with 99.7% effectiveness.
Hormonal forms of birth control are morally impermissible because it …show more content…
However, hormonal forms of birth control does not allow women the choice to be minimally decent Samaritans by allowing them the option to go along with the pregnancy. Thus making women fall below the standard of being minimally decent, which is in itself immoral. With this said, the use of hormonal birth control should not be permissible and in order to prevent embryonic deaths, one should refrain from using these methods and resort to contraceptives which aim to prevent fertilization such as the female and male