Birth control

To this date, the issue of birth control has been a controversial topic, depending on an individual's belief system as well as an individual’s own personal experiences. The variation of opinions amongst people keeps society divided between whether birth control is ethical or not. Not only does this separation in opinion represent a setback for reproductive rights but for women’s rights as a whole. This is mainly due to the fact that birth control being targeted, targets women’s sexuality as a…

Should a woman get to give birth when she wants or should nature decide? Nations across the world struggle with this topic. In the early twentieth, birth control was a very sensitive issue all around the world. Couples were not allowed to have sex before marriage and married couples were only allowed to have sex if they wanted to have children. Although birth control pills are believed to be the best way to prevent pregnancy; they have been found to have many side effects than the medical…

have a hard time getting to birth control because they have to go to a specialized doctor that helps give them the birth control, and they have a hard time being able to pay for it. Birth Control should be widely available to women to get over the counter, because many women use it for health reasons than as a contraception. Birth control is commonly known as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies in women, it is often known as a contraceptive. Most often birth control can come as a pill, patch,…

hormonal birth control including the oral combination pills, hormonal IUD, Norplant, Nexplanon (implant) and Depo- Provera, which consist either of a combination or single set dosage of estrogen and/ or synthetic progesterone, progestin. The biological effects of these hormonal birth controls on the female body includes preventing ovulation, thickening the cervical fluid, and inhibiting implantation due to the thinner lining of the endometrium. While there are other types of birth control…

is a preventative measure and any mother knows it is better to encourage their child to wear a helmet than to treat a head injury. Birth control is like a bicycle helmet in the sense that it is more protective and reliable than just trying to be careful, however, it is expensive and difficult for many women without health insurance to obtain. By making birth control free and easily accessible to young women, America is likely to see a drastic decrease in unplanned pregnancies and abortions,…

Birth control has been around for years.Also birth control is the most effective way to not get pregnant.This is due to new development of birth control over the years, women's views about birth control, and how easy it is to get a hold of birth control, and how it works for everyone not just adults. First of all, women have practiced ways of pregnancy prevention for hundreds of years.One article states “Though people had practiced methods of fertility prevention for hundreds of years”.In…

class back in the 1960s was not opposed to the ideal fact of poor black women substancing a birth control pill to stop them from having children. The argument for this time was the middle class wanted them not to take the pill, The counter argument that African American women at the time questioned by the authorities were that they were afraid if the whites made them take birth control pills than they control how many kids they are having. One article reads “ Under slavery, African American…

It is well known that many teens in America are sexually active. There are numerous forms of birth control, temporary and long term. The birth control that needs to have a deeper look into is the birth control pill. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control.…

of school. More than 50% of teen mothers never graduate from high school. And nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies occur each year.” (DoSomething) If birth control was offered over the counter many regulations would need to be set into place to ensure the safety of women because there is negative correlations that may come with the positive risk. Birth control methods should be offered over the counter without a prescription because it would significantly decrease the amount of teen pregnancies…

known as the birth control movement, in order to make contraception widely available so that women could limit the size of their families. I n “I Resolved that Women should have knowledge of Contraception,” Margaret Sanger describes women’s desperate efforts to limit their family size by attempting to prevent or eliminate pregnancy and their reasons behind doing so. Included was the story of her mother’s death, which was a major contributing factor in her desire for the birth control movement.…