efficacy and side effects of using birth control, particularly of the hormonal variety. A 2008 study by Venkat et al. reveals that Hispanic women overrate the negative outcomes of contraceptive use, particularly the oral pill method. Only 56% of Latina respondents agreed that the oral birth control pill works in preventing pregnancy. A separate study cited by Venkat had shown that 90% of women educated at Brown University correctly estimated the efficacy of oral birth control, which has a 91%…
Over 2.5 million women and men depend on planned parenthood for free birth control, free STD and HIV testing, and legal abortions. If this generous institution is shut down all these people they will be left destitute and unable to afford to take care of themselves. This would not just affect women, it affects men and people…
families so that they were not forced to have more children than they could physically, mentally and financially handle ("Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame."). The clinic finally became legalized in 1969, and at the age of 95, in 1976, Dr. Bagshaw decided to retire ("Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame."). Before that, however, she was one of the oldest practicing physicians in Canada ("Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw | Canadian Medical Hall of Fame."). Dr. Elizabeth…
ordinal position of birth. Some people argue that one’s position in sibling birth order does not have an impact on the persons social and behavioural skills, instead other, non-birth order related factors affect the person’s personality and social and behavioural skills. Yet, by exploring various studies, it becomes clear that he differences in personality and social and behavioural skills in people are largely influenced…
Although they may not know it, birth order and siblings a person grows up with help shape their future for the rest of their lives. Sibling influences can determine what type of career person grows up to pursue, mental behavior and health, their personality, and even how responsible a person can be later on in life. The impact of a sibling can be subtle such as the order the children in a family were born, and how many year apart each one was from the other, to more overt impacts like future…
The Importance of Planned Parenthood and Funding Sometime in your life, you have probably heard of Planned Parenthood, but how much do you really know about it? The public needs to be more aware of what kind of services Planned Parenthood offers. Planned Parenthood is a, “private, non-profit provider of medical services related to family planning, men and women’s sexual health, and abortions” (Ramelb 510). Its services focus on preventative health care. Many people oppose funding for Planned…
Literature Review Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator and one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care. For over a century millions of woman and men have come to Planned Parenthood for vital health care services, Sex education, and sexuality information. They are one of Americas most trusted provider of reproductive health care. There are more than 38,000 staff members and volunteers working there and have more the 650…
1.0 INTRODUCTION As humans we actually exposed to the contact and communication with each other either gender, that men and boys, women and girls as well as the opposite gender, that is men and women in matters such as learning, about muamalat and others. But now, with the growing sophistication of the world we see that promiscuity is rampant among young people or teenagers, whether in the real world or in cyberspace. Having children at a young age teenager is not a small thing, but it is the…
What’s the purpose of marriage? Do you have to love someone to get married? Is it love or lust that decides if someone should get married? “Love and sexual desire are intrinsic to the human condition, basic drives that reside in mature adults regardless of time or place but if the urge to love and make love is constant, the freedom with which individuals may do so is anything but. After all, although making love is an enjoyable and cheap entertainment, the raising of children is hard work and…
The Controversies of Extreme Preemies Of all the babies that are admitted to NICUs, prematurely born children seem to be the most controversial. The controversy begins because sometimes parents must make an agonizing ethical choice of whether or not to keep their child alive when machines or the only thing doing so. Every life is worth trying to save, but there may be a point, financially, physically, and mentally, when the survival of preemies may be doing more harm than good to both the child…