Birth

supports a specific kind of birth but does not engage in emergency birth control have filed against this mandate. The Supreme Court ruled that religious employers are exempted in providing free birth control for women (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, n.d.). The regulations have some revision and the Affordable Care Act give organizations the option of offering their employees plan for free contraceptives. However, if the employers reject having an affiliation with birth control,…

We’ve definitely come a long way contraceptives. Also, in 1605, the Catholic theologian Leonardus Lessius claimed that condoms were immoral. Makes one wonder if this is the start of Catholics being against birth control. Then, 61 years later (1666), birth rates were dropping. The English Birth Rate Commission accredited it to the use of "condons" and this was the first time the English word for condom was…

Abortion techniques were developed as early as 1550 BC, as it gets to practice on Greece and Rome. It was unregulated and often unsafe for doing that. In the United States, it is legal to abort a baby up until the day of birth. An abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth which results in the deaths of an embryo or a fetus. Countless people consider abortion as cruel as murder. After many decades of the U.S Supreme Courts’ Roe v.Wade decision, there are a lot of much debate over whether…

Systematic searches of PubMed, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL were completed by three reviewers (K.G., A.L., K.M.) using the keywords progestin AND oral contraceptives and combined birth control. The first reviewer (K.M.) performed a search using the designated keywords selected by the research group. Using Cochrane Library, the first researcher used the words oral contraceptive AND progestin AND combined. This search yielded 35…

Eliminating the need of a prescription would usher in a health risk to thousands of females. Please keep in mind that a doctor’s input on any medication or drug is for your safety. With this in mind, birth control pills like any form of medication, carries their own set of side-effects. Due to the nature of the pill it affects a female’s hormones. Once more, the female may suffer anywhere from undesirable things such as, weight gain, swollen breasts…

There are many health risks for the baby and for the teenage mom during teen pregnancy. Women who become pregnant during their teenage years have a higher risk for medical complications. Such as, premature labor, and social consequences. Teenage births are typically connected with lower annual income for the mother. Eighty percent of teen mothers must rely on welfare at some point. Sadly, only about one-third of teen mothers obtain a high school diploma. Teenage pregnancies typically have…

A growing number of young adults are routinely engaging in unprotected sexual activity, which frequently leads to serious health outcomes and safety concerns. To resolve this on-going issue of risky sexual behaviors, programs are beginning to be implemented in schools to provide adolescents with information on how to be safe, unsafe sex consequences, and how to reduce risks for STIs and unintended pregnancies. Problem Unprotected sex is defined as having vaginal, anal, or oral sex without…

Throughout history, society has looked at the role of woman with a domestic and submissive perspective. Women were the property of men, and were there to pleasure him, bear his children, and relieve him of the domestic duties. Throughout time the role of women in society has evolved; however, women still struggle to have full control of their own bodies. As Adrienne Rich said (Of Women Born):"Women are controlled by lashing us to our bodies." The theme of women being lashed to their bodies has…

Decision making is a process that involves evaluating pros and cons, considering benefits and drawbacks, and taking into account varying scenarios. On the government scale, reaching conclusions comes with much more complexity as varying politics, ethics, perspectives, arguments, social beliefs, laws, rights, and people of all different backgrounds are thrown into the mix. Controversy is common as a result of all of the different angles to be considered. One controversy in particular that has…

Healthcare Act, lacked the ability to acquire birth control, ultimately leading to further economic depression (My Faith). With the Act, 99% of teenagers and women aged 15 to 44 have used contraception (My Faith). Women’s access is important for reasons broader than family planning, but also for dealing with “ovarian cyst, painful periods, and endometriosis,” but also it is key in career planning (My Faith). Widespread accessibility and affordability of birth control has given American women a…