American Birth Control League

INTRODUCTION Germs, something that has plagued every living thing since their inception into this world. As a child, one might hear their mother shout out, “do not touch that, you will get germs.” It was not clear at that moment what exactly she was talking about; nevertheless, in that moment that child knew it was in everyone’s best interest not to touch whatever it was that she told them no to. Likewise, at one point humankind did not know that germs existed. It was not until the 1800’s that…

she may be in. Women who have aborted have a 138 percent risk of mental health problems (Colman 2002) says. She also says that women who have aborted have 58 percent higher mental risk compared to women who had a unplanned pregnancy and has given birth. A woman may be more prone to emotional side effects, after an abortion, if she had previously suffered from psychological and emotional issues, if she had been religious it would have been a huge amount more difficult for…

Abortion should not be legal in any parts of the world, it’s considered a murder. Justin Bieber, a famous singer thinks it should not be done because it’s killing an innocent baby. Abortions should be illegal because it’s a murder because it takes innocent lives, an abortion can also bring medical complication for the baby and for the mother. Also there is a possibility that the unborn baby could still feel the pain of the doctors taking him/her out her mother womb. In the first place, abortion…

Young (1977) examined identities of the different substances and recognised that there was gender attached to them. Young (1977) explained within his chapter, that ‘many of the plants, chemicals, or substances used, furthermore, have male or female qualities attributed, or their cultural use or proscription is gender specific’ (cited by Young 1977) (MacDonald, 1994, pg 62). A similar theory has been exercised by Smith and Grey (1983) from when they evaluated ‘The Policy Studies report on the…

contraception is inappropriate, unjust, and immoral. Contraception, also known as birth control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy. Methods of contraceptives range from sterilization techniques such as vasectomies, tubal ligation, implantable birth control, hormone based methods such as oral pills, vaginal rings, patches, all the way to the simple physical barriers such as the more common birth control sponges and condom. The Church teaches that the use of contraception is immoral…

Pedophilia is the sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Pedophilia is a diagnosis applicable to only a portion of individuals who sexually abuse children. Information has been drawn from published research about pedophilia to present the current state of knowledge. Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder that is not curable but is treatable by psychiatric care and/or medication. The progression of the sexual abuse (pedophilia) is usually a gradual progression. Children who have been sexually…

Within the stance of drugs and alcohol representation and consumption comes into a motion of how youth in the 20th century differs from the youth historically in that the contemporary construction of how youth have been limited to a politics and understanding of sexuality and merely is defined as either a commodity or as a problem (Giroux, 1996 p. 32). Relationships, not only within sex but also taking the form of family and kin, along with other associations including friendship, lie at the…

many might argue that teaching abstinence discourages teenagers from having sex, "The South, which has the highest percentage of schools (55%) that require abstinence be taught as the only means of preventing pregnancy, has the highest rate of teen births" (Welsh 4). The fact that schools which rely on abstinence education produce the greatest number of teenage…

Teen dating should be discouraged because of the amount of peer pressure and the higher risks associated with it. To begin with, in the article “Teen Dating Doomed to Fail,” the author claims that teen boys often feel pressure to have sex which “may result in boys coercing girls… to have sex when they are not ready”(6). Thus, teens who date can be forced into something they don’t want to do showing immaturity. In order to help prevent peer pressure from spreading, teens should not form romantic…

America’s New Health care System: Control on Contraceptives In light of the Trump Administration’s mandate to cut access to birth control coverage, a nation of women, who are of reproductive age, are fighting back. There are 22 variations of contraceptives, including the most common being the pill, injectable, male condom, sterilization, nexplanon, and intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD). These contraceptives provide benefits far beyond pregnancy prevention for women of all ages yet as a…