Preterm birth

consent from their parents to “promote the best interests of young women and improve family communications” fail to realize they are stripping teens of their right of privacy which is unconstitutional. In France, the government pays for girls to have birth control without parental consent, and as the government pays for it, that adds another level of privacy. They are doing this because they believe it will “reduce the teen pregnancy rate” (Judy Molland) which they think is also due to…

depression and anxiety. There are many ways for young women to prevent teen pregnancy: abstinence, birth control pills, emergency contraception pills, birth control shots, implants and intrauterine devices such as Marana. The biggest problem that we see today is that young women have no idea that different contraceptive options are available to them. Many women know about the risks and benefits of using birth control pills but our sex education classes fall short in educating young women on all…

Sex Education is a Contraceptive “According to the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an average of 40,000 to 80,000 new cases of HIV are reported each year in the U.S. It is estimated that half of all new infections are among people younger than 25” (quoted in Statistics). There have been many debates over this topic. When is the right time to talk about sex and would it make them more curious? Children are already curious about their bodies; the goal is to make sure they…

females were getting married ranged from eighteen to twenty one. Because children were being born by their mothers at a very young age, the average female’s ability to conceive, reproduce and recover rather quickly prompted them to average five to seven births per each marriage. Despite the abundance of children being born in the 1650s, who lived to surpass age ten, they were unable to reach age twenty. As one of the first groups to arrive and settle in the Massachusetts Bay area, acclimating…

body. Birth control is supposed to suppress the body from ovulation. Every woman should educate themselves before getting on birth control because the contraception can bring harm to the body and it can lead to death. Some birth control can cause serious health problems. Before getting on the medication go and consult with a doctor to see which one is the best for you. An incident just happened in England a twenty one year old woman named Fallan Kurek recently died from taking the birth…

OH BABY!! A GUIDE TO CONTRACEPTION Methods of Contraception Contraception is used to prevent pregnancy. The best way to prevent unintended pregnancy in sexually active women is through consistent and proper use of contraceptives. No contraceptive method works perfectly and all contraceptive methods besides abstinence have risks. Most contraceptives do not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases [STD’s]. • Sterilization Tubal ligation & Vasectomies are a permanent form of contraception.…

how women of color dealt with birth control. To first understand the struggles of women of color, one must first understand what women in general have had to deal with. As stated by John Scott, “Gender” as a substitute for “women” is also used to suggest that information about women is necessarily information about men, that one implies the study of…

What is abortion? Abortion is a medically terminated pregnancy. Abortion means that the mother has decided to end her pregnancy before the fetus can live outside the womb. Abortions can either be done medically or surgically, depending on how far along the woman’s pregnancy is. Medical abortions occur in the first 49 days of pregnancy, which involves several appointments at the doctor’s office. A surgical procedure is done using a suction method, called vacuum aspiration. The surgical route…

partners and increasing condom or contraceptive use” that were achieved (Malone, Rodriguez 5). Not only does this article report about comprehensive sexual education lowering the initiation of sexual intercourse, but also in another article “Teenage birth increase; sex education delays debut” it mentions “among adolescent girls aged 15 – 19 years who had received formal sex education…only 9 % reported engaging in sex before age 15, compared with 22 % of those who did not receive sex education”…

Introduction Abortion is considered to be one of the most controversial issues worldwide. Millions of people are not alive today because they were never given a chance at life. The word abortion is derived from the Latin word “abortio,” which means to abort, miscarry, or deliver prematurely. Abortion is defined by Dictionary.com as the “removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” and occurs especially during the first six months. An abortion is performed about…