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the 1980s (South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2011). When teen pregnancy numbers declined in the 1990s, South Carolina’s teen pregnancies continued to be higher than the national average. According to The Alan Guttmacher Institute (2004), in the 1990s 56% of teens in South Carolina confessed to having sexual relations compared to 46.7% on the national average. In 1988, births to teens 15-19 were 65 per 1,000 compared to 53 per 1,000 nationally. By the year 2000, teen births…

unconstitutional. In looking at the long term effects of family planning on the general public, several studies were conducted, starting in 1977 and repeated in 1981, 1990, and 1996 (Frost et. all, 2008) to determine how many women utilized family panning and birth control clinics across the United States, and analyze the effects these services have had on population control, the abortion rate, and pregnancy related costs. The results…

$500, if they were using contraception (Norplant implants). The last type of incentives are ‘Payments for Sterilization in Developing Countries’ this would offer men and women large monthly payments if they were sterilized, which would reduce the birth…

above 2.3 per woman (Blofield 8). Historically, "illegally induced abortion [was] the most prevalent method of birth control" (Viel V 286) and as of 2001 abortions occurred at a rate of one per every three live births (Blofield 16). The availability of contraceptives did not significantly decreased the amount of abortions since the 1970s, with the only change resulting as one more live birth per abortion in the country (Paxman et al. 206). However, during this time and until the beginning of the…

POLICIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES : The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong was an organisation which brought forth sex education, family planning advice and birth control services to the citizens of Hong Kong. When the population started to increase, it launched a campaign. This campaign was called the “Two is Enough” campaign through which the birth rate was decreased with the help of educational ways.The total fertility rate too, is low.The authorities in Iran as well encourage families not…

get along? When I asked someone with a twin if they usually get along with each other they told me that they have the same relationship with each other like two siblings have with each other, no matter the age gap. The twin birth rate rose over 76% during the time period of 1980 and 2009 according to abouthealth.com. The frequencies of women having 35-39 have almost doubled in the time period and for women over 40 years or older have quadrupled all coming from…

Although the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. has fallen within the last two decades, in “2004 it was more than twice that of Canada and Australia, more than 50% higher than Great Britain’s and seven times higher than Japan” (“Does learning about birth control in school help prevent teen pregnancy?”). Experts need to come to an agreement on how teens will be educated on preventing teen pregnancy. If they are taught by the abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education program, the information…

The road to the legalization of birth control was not easy. Activists such as Margaret Sanger devoted their entire lives to the legalization and implementation of birth control. While the FDA made various forms of birth control accessible throughout the twentieth century, the turning point was when the FDA approved “the pill” in 1960. The pill was a pivotal invention because it made birth control more accessible and applicable; rather than using difficult processes to prevent child-bearing,…

The usage of a variety of contraception strategies had increase over the last few decades. The most common contraception method used is the condom and birth control pills. However, there are many people who do not use any type of contraception methods because they are either uneducated or they simply cannot get access to any contraception (Advocates for Youth, 2014). In addition, studies found that women who do not use any contraception methods will result in unintended pregnancy. Most…

The amount of effort from going to school and work can be stressful enough, adding a baby on top of that could impact a woman’s life in a way that may consume her will to work or go to school. Birth control, at least the pill, has not been readily available for single women up until the recent decades. Birth control can reduce the chance of a woman conceiving a child, some methods more effective and intrusive than others. While other forms have been passed just by word of mouth and proven to be…