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facts such as teen and unplanned pregnancies cost American taxpayers $9.4 billion annually, in order to appeal to the policymakers. In general, this organization would be pro-contraceptives in school because of its overall goal to cut down on teen pregnancies and ultimately improve “serious social problems including poverty (especially child poverty), child abuse and neglect, father-absence, low birth weight, school failure, and poor preparation for the workforce. (The National Campaign,…

taxpayers paid approximately 9.4 billion dollars to fund these services, thus North Carolina counties have joined together to create Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens (SHIFTNC), and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives (TPPI) in order to lower the teen pregnancy and birth rates in North Carolina through education and meeting the needs of teenagers through contraception as another option if engaging in sexual activity at a young age ( Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens 2009; NC Dept. of…

one of the unemployed laborers who participates in this daily ritual, is selected to hang posters in the city, a job requiring a bicycle, which he has long sold in order to sustain his family's meager existence for a few more days. He and his wife, return to the pawn shop with a few remaining possessions, their matrimonial linen, in order to redeem the bicycle. During his first day at his new work, his bicycle is stolen. He combs the city with his young son, in search of the elusive bicycle. The…

Since the introduction in American history of the ever made birth control pills starting in 1873, families had decreased its numbers of children since then. In 1873, the federal law had banned the distribution of contraceptives throughout the state lines, but such governor action did not put the distribution of contraceptives to a complete stop. As birth control became a largely distribution in the nation even with such enforcement, many crimes were still committed to which this became known as…

Birth Control Access: Making America a Better Place What does the average person think of when they hear “birth control accessibility”? The right to contraceptive medication does not include the legal right to abortions, in fact, it actually decreases the need for them. It is an important part of women’s right and conclusively, everyone’s rights. That’s what anyone should think when they hear those three words. Birth control should be accessible to women nationally because it slows abortion…

Teen births in the US have declined, but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013. The good news is that more teens are waiting to have sex, and for sexually active teens, nearly 90% used birth control the last time they had sex. However, teens most often use condoms and birth control pills, which are less effective at preventing pregnancy when not used consistently and correctly. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, are the most effective types of birth…

on 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…

2012, one-third the rate in the mid-2000s dropped. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, there was a six percent decrease from 2011 to 2012. I was not surprised to find in my search that teen minorities have always had higher birth rates than white teens. African Americans have the greater decline compared to the white. African-American girls ages 15-19 had a pregnancy rate 60% higher than their White counterparts. The population was only 20% African American. Do you see the…

out 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…

often prescribed to women in their first trimester of pregnancy. Some women who took Zofran delivered babies with birth defects. Cleft palates, kidney malformations and heart defects are some of the common birth defects found in babies whose mothers take Zofran. Studies Linking Zofran To Birth Defects There have been quite a few studies done to show that Zofran can increase the risk of birth defects. One of the studies was performed in January 2012. The researchers found that women who took…