Birth control

Adrienne Keene (2015) brought up a very interesting and valid question in her article, “The Benefits of Cultural ‘Sharing’ Are Usually One-Sided,” “Who has the right to represent an Indigenous community? Outsiders, or the community itself?” Cultural appropriation does not happen exclusively to specific cultures. There are many examples of both the negative and positive impact that culture sharing has had on societies throughout history. This is not up for argument; however, what is up for debate…

Women’s Bodies: A Battleground of Sexuality and Violence Women in Eastern Europe were subjected to many horrors during the 20th century, both in times of peace and times of war. They had to endure war and the killing of civilians through bombs and general warfare, but there were also violences against women that were specific to women, including military brothels, rape camps, and sex trafficking. Besides these women had many problems to deal with in the household, domestic abuse was on the rise…

Abortion is a very controversial procedure that has been around for hundreds of years. It is estimated that just about three thousand abortions are done each day in the US. This procedure is done for a number of reasons, not just an unwanted child as many assume. It seems as if just about everyone has their own opinion when it comes to this topic, be it fueled by religious reasons or otherwise. “We do abortions here: a nurse’s story” is the first hand account of a nurse that provides these…

testosterone, you may notice facial hair growing on her upper lip and chin. This condition is called hirsutism, and it occurs frequently in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS. If you or your child has PCOS, the doctor may prescribe birth control pills, which can reduce the excess hair. PCOS Symptoms Other symptoms that often occur in a woman or teenager with PCOS include acne, weight gain and acanthosis nigricans, which is patches of dark skin on the back of the neck, inner…

The meaning of abortion is “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.”(Merriam Webster)4 Abortion was legalized in 1974, and since then there has been many viewpoints from Christians all over U.S. Also since 1974 there has been well over 40 million abortions in the U.S. alone. Abortion has been legal for 41 years, just as slavery was legal long ago. The controversial question, is it ethical to have an abortion?…

skills and helps young people explore their own values, goals, and options.” Likewise, contraceptives are defined as “a device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy” and come in a variety of forms, including oral/hormonal contraceptives such as birth control, barrier contraceptives such as condoms, and intrauterine contraceptives such as hormonal IUDs (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development).…

About 27,629 abortions were performed in Michigan alone in 2014. 49% of women who had an abortion did not have any previous abortions. 46.4% of women who have had abortions were under the age of 25, 11% were less than 20 years old. 89.8% of women who have had abortions were not married. Those number are way to high, that many abortion is unbelievable. All those innocent lives were taken because the women got raped. In my opinion if you are raped then you shouldn’t have an abortion, you should…

and the judicial branch the courts and the judges. Each branch is sovereign in its own area of responsibility, but it is also influenced by the checks and balances from the other branches. Citizen is a person who owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation. Citizen’s role in government is who citizen had a vote in all government decisions. To complete this project is that I’m individual responsibility, honesty, and respect for the law. Skills…

more specifically, pills with the commercial name, "Plan B", which have the ability to inhibit and, depending on one 's perspective, possibly terminate an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy. The morning-after pill is essentially a high dosage of the birth control pill. It can contain progesterone, estrogen, or both which can prevent fertilization in the fallopian tubes by altering the sperm and egg or by preventing ovulation. (Planned Parenthood) The issue today is whether it should be available…

The impact of teenage pregnancy on the parents’ attitudes and beliefs and how it affects the family has been an area of study that has been mostly ignored (East, 1999). In the past, limited research in Mississippi has only focused on a small sector of education using the abstinence-only or abstinence-plus approaches. There is a need for education that goes beyond the abstinence approaches that acknowledges that teenagers are sexually active and are becoming sexually active at very young ages…