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It was not long after Margaux’s passing that Tom found himself at a crossroads. Drifting in a melancholic sadness, the need to carry-on only wandered on the tracks of his train of thought. Margaux’s diagnosis was only 2 months ago and already her will to fight was in its final round; long after her energy to carry on had abandoned her. Margaux endured “””, not because she hoped to recover, but because she was afraid of what would become of Tom. That was Margaux. All the while staring death…

incidence of breast cancer in women using combined HRT is more prevalent in lean women with a body mass index less (BMI) than 25 (Hou et al., 2013). The journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), has published results of a recent study of women receiving HRT treatment (Wise, 2013). This study involved 27,000 postmenopausal women aged between 50 and 79. The results from the study revealed that there were 206 cases of breast cancer among women with combined HRT treatment, while there…

Fertility pills to get pregnant with twins For many couples who are looking to conceive, becoming pregnant with twins is a preferable situation. But, becoming pregnant with twins is sometimes a challenge. For the most part, there are only a few things, like ethnicity, age, and family history, that can actually affect a woman's ability to become pregnant with twins. However, many women have actually been able to become pregnant with twins simply by adding a few fertility pills to their routine.…

My observation of this issue if from personal experience. When I was fifteen-years-old I wanted to go on the pill. I had many reasons to want to make this decision and I was very aware of the consequences and side effects that birth control can have. At the time, my friends and the internet make this task seem like a very simple one in Ontario. My first step was to talk to my mom about my decision, many people frown about the idea of their ‘young’ child having sex, and in fact get mad. This can…

“Tina Degroot, please come and retrieve your pill supply!” screeched an official over an intercom. The girl who was just called looked about 21 years old and had a stern expression plastered onto her narrow face. She had long jet black hair that swished as she walked into one of the many rooms where the officials handed out the pill supply. “Cora Strathmore, please come and retrieve your pill supply!” screamed another official over the same intercom. When Cora stepped through the…

My Argumentative Essay 2% of people in the US prison system are equal to 46,000 people, that’s been convicted of a crime they have not done but are in jail. According to the article “DNA Technology and Crime” “In 1992 lawyers Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld created the Innocence Project, a legal organization aimed at overturning wrongful conviction through DNA profiling. Since then, more than two hundred criminal convictions have been overturned in the United States alone.” The Innocence…

Coming in to this course, I did not know what to expect due to the fact that I have never taken a women and gender studies course. Now that we are at the end of the course and I am able to reflect on what I have learned, I believe that the topic that I was most interested in and learned the most about was reproductive rights. While reflecting on what I have learned regarding reproductive rights, I will be discussing: the dangers that women experienced without forms of contraceptives, important…

when the executive shows up, what he doesn’t realize is, I’m actually debriefing him on behalf of a competitor.” He speaks with pride knowing that he is a spy, taking pride in his profession. From the public’s perspective, he is a harmless job interviewer, but from the private image of who actually is, Barry has an ulterior motive that ultimately benefits himself. He throws away the feelings of the people he is “interviewing”, and thinks only of the greater reward he will receive. “I don’t feel…

Pregnancy prevention can be traced back as far as 3000 BC when people would use condoms made out of the bladder of fish or animal intestines. Today, there are many ways to prevent pregnancy, such as male condoms and female birth control. The form that is the most popular in the United States is the pill. The FDA did not approve of the pill until 1957 and was not approved for contraceptive use until 1960. Catholic churches believed that birth control was sinful and that women that took it were…

In the article Birth Control in Drinking Water: A Fertility Catastrophe in the Making? from the National Catholic Register, the writer Celeste McGovern, argues that EE2 (the form of synthetic estrogen found in most birth control pills) may have negative effects on human health. She argues that birth control pills are not safe for use, as they are ending up in the water supply by being urinated by the females using them. The first example McGovern uses to back up her claim is by looking at the…