Why Is Birth Control Bad

Birth Control: Doing More Bad Than Good for Women and Young Teens Everyone thinks of birth control as a way to have sexual intercourse without any worries or consequences. Those people are wrong. There are so many things that can go wrong even while on the pill, and some women don’t realize that. Part of that problem is that doctors now prescribe it just like they would prescribe medicine for a sick child. Not only are women using these common contraceptives for the wrong reasons, but they also don’t understand what these birth control pills are doing to their body and what they are putting them at risk for. There are three main reasons as to why women should not use birth control: it can cause serious health issues, the cost is unrealistic …show more content…
By using just the pill and no other form of protection (condoms, etc.), women are more likely to experience STD’s. John B. Shea, author of “Birth Control Results in More Abortions,” explains, “The birth control pill does not provide complete protection from the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections or unintended pregnancies” (Shea). Women need to be more educated on the side effects, risks, and complications of birth control before they assimilate these pills as a part of their daily …show more content…
The Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and some branches of the Judaism religion all have the same views on the use of birth control by women. On the other hand, the Buddhism religion and the Sikhs have no objection to the use of these pills by women and they simply just don’t engage in the topic of it. Some religions say that the pill dishonors marriage and that when women use birth control men lose respect for them which can cause more harmful practices on women attempted by