There was a study done in September of 2016, where researchers were trying to gather information about the use age of any method of contraception, and the birth control pill. The pill and female sterilization have been the two most commonly used methods since 1982. Dating all the way back to the 1870’s, and more recently, the 1950’s, there have been many controversies over the birth control pill. Many religious people all over the United States sought to believe the birth control pill was a form of abortion, which has always been looked down upon. But there are also millions of women who take the pill, that argue they take it simply because it helps to eliminate and control symptoms of their monthly cycle. That being said, the use age of the
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They also believed that the reason people shouldn’t take the pill is because it was “God’s Plan” for them to become pregnant and the fact that they were taking the pill meant that they were trying to stop the plan that God wanted for them. The Catholic Church had many objections to the pill. With the creation of the pill, the Church’s had to rethink their ideas when it came to the birth control pill. Men and women of the church began putting their personal and family needs before the needs of the church. The church feared the idea of contraceptives and birth control pills. Between 1960 and 1965 the number of people that belonged to the Catholic Church, practicing unapproved methods of birth control increased from 38% to 51%, basically due to the availability of the …show more content…
But with the research I’ve conducted, I’ve shown how birth control should not be seen as a form of abortion, like religious people in history saw it as. But, women today see it as very beneficial. Without the uprising of the idea of the birth control pill in 1873, and the actual creation of it in the 1950’s, people would still have different opinions. All in all, the use of the birth control pill in the United States of America should not be seen as a problem, it should be seen as an advantage for
They also believed that the reason people shouldn’t take the pill is because it was “God’s Plan” for them to become pregnant and the fact that they were taking the pill meant that they were trying to stop the plan that God wanted for them. The Catholic Church had many objections to the pill. With the creation of the pill, the Church’s had to rethink their ideas when it came to the birth control pill. Men and women of the church began putting their personal and family needs before the needs of the church. The church feared the idea of contraceptives and birth control pills. Between 1960 and 1965 the number of people that belonged to the Catholic Church, practicing unapproved methods of birth control increased from 38% to 51%, basically due to the availability of the …show more content…
But with the research I’ve conducted, I’ve shown how birth control should not be seen as a form of abortion, like religious people in history saw it as. But, women today see it as very beneficial. Without the uprising of the idea of the birth control pill in 1873, and the actual creation of it in the 1950’s, people would still have different opinions. All in all, the use of the birth control pill in the United States of America should not be seen as a problem, it should be seen as an advantage for