Introduction:
Birth control is an affordable basic preventive health care measure that is critical to achieving
equality and economic justice for women and their families. Different types of birth control
methods have large differences in effectiveness, actions required of users, and side effects for
both men and women.(“Birth Control Access”). Birth control is made affordable and helps get
justice for women and their. This shows that birth control is helpful towards preventing
pregnancies. “There are 62 million U.S women on their childbearing years (1544). About 43
million of them (70%) are at risk of unintended pregnancy that is, they are sexually active and
do not want to become pregnant, but could become pregnant if they and their
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Among those who don 't, 31% are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, postpartum,sterile or not
sexually active.
Argument 2 :
Teens that have unprotected sex should have access to birth control. It 's easy to be
confused by all the birth control options out there since there are 12 options. One of the best
type of birth control is the hormonal shot. When the hormone shit is administered properly by a
healthcare worker, fewer that 1 in 100 women will get pregnant. And,hey you don 't have to think
about birth control everyday, every week ,or even every month(Best and Worst Options).
Numerous doctors recommend the hormone shot manly to irresponsible teens. In result the
teens does not have to remember to take the contraceptive. The hormone implant is also a
popular and dependable contraceptive. A piece of plastic (about the size of a matchstick), this
long term form of contraception contain progestin. It is inserted by your doctor just under the
skin of the upper arm and prevents pregnancy for three years, this is called nexplanon(“Best
and Worst Options”). It is apparent that teens that are interested in long term birth
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Birth control can occasionally cause side effect such as nausea, increased
appetite,headaches, and very rarely, blood clots(Health Guidelines). Birth control comes
with numerous side effects and only prevent pregnancies and not STI. In result
everyone may not find birth control useful.
Children should be seen as blessing from God, and god should decide when a couple
has children. According to Christians the Bible do not encourage birth control for men
and women were put on earth to have children(“Against Contraceptives”). Therefore
nobody should use birth control because it is not the bible. However using birth control
too much could mean a dangerous reduction in the number of children being born. Not
all women can afford birth control, birth control is only offered to women with a
prescription(“pros and cons of birth control”).What this article does not take into place is
that not all teens using birth control believe in god.
The availability of condoms and the pill has led to a huge increase in casual sex,
leading to the spread of STD including AIDS, as well as unwanted pregnancies.
In 1960, the medical world of the United States was revolutionized by the introduction of The Pill. For the past forty years, The Pill has been the most popular form of reversible birth control. But beside the stellar contraceptive effectiveness rate ranging from 97-99.9% (when taken as directed), many other non-contraceptive benefits exist in conjunction with this method of birth control. Studies have proven that a women’s incidence of ovarian and endometrial cancers, benign cysts of the ovaries and breasts, and pelvic inflammatory disease, all decrease with pill use. Heavy bleeding and severe cramps are also minimized (www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON00027.html). Recent claims state that birth control may also effectively treat some types of acne. Though, back in 1966, The Rocky Mountain Medical Journal published an article illustrating the effectiveness of estrogen-progestin combination in the treatment of stubborn acne, and maintaining that the cyclic administration of oral contraception is a useful measure for many women.
In the 1950’s, the search was on for a reliable oral contraceptive. Research began based
Contraception, contragestion, (preventing the fertilized egg from implantation - morning-after-pill) and the chemical or surgical induction of abortion are all types of birth control routes to prevent or end pregnancy (“What”). Contraception is the devices, drugs, agents, sexual practices, or surgical procedures to prevent a pregnancy. Contraception tends to help a women decide if and when she would want to have a baby (“What”). There are around 17 different types of birth control methods. According to the article from Oxford there are three main categories of contraception. They are the barrier methods, intrauterine, and the hormonal methods (“Contraception”). They vary from a pill, patch, shot, an implant and a condom to name a few. The most common type of contraception for women is the birth control pill. This pill includes estrogen and progestin to stop the release of the egg and thin the lining of the uterus. If the contraception device is used correctly, only about 3 in every 1,000 women will beco...
Two major types of birth control are contraceptives and condoms. Condoms prevent STDs by stopping the flow of semen in to the vaginal canal. Contraceptives are more complex. Birth control contraceptives help to prevent pregnancies by combining the hormones estrogen and progesterone to prevent the egg from being released during the monthly cycle. Not only do the contraceptives prevent the egg from dropping but they also thicken the mucus around the cervix making it hard for sperm to enter the uterus just in case any eggs were released. (Hirsch 1)
Also if you are against abortion this can benefit you as well. Two studies one from researchers in St. Louis and the other from researchers in Iowa provided solid evidence that access to effective birth control can make a difference in this arena. Both studies made super effective birth control methods available and affordable to local women over several years. And both studies resulted in major decreases in unplanned pregnancy and abortion.On the national level, almost half of all pregnancies in the U.S. were unplanned as of 2006, and 43% of those unplanned pregnancies ended in abortion.Of all the women in the U.S. who are having sex and not trying to get pregnant, two-thirds of them use birth control consistently and correctly and those users account for only 5% of unplanned pregnancies. The other 95% of unplanned pregnancies were to the third of U.S. women who weren’t trying to get pregnant but weren’t using birth control or were using it incorrectly or inconsistently. Another large group of people we can hit with these statistics are simply, women. Birth control has wonderful benefits for all teen or adult females who are sexually active. It can be great for their health being that pregnancy is a very risky business and can have a toll on
Now a days there are several different methods of birth control. The first that I am going to talk about is called the rhythm method. As its synonym implies, this method is based on the assumption that, for each women, there is a rhythmic pattern of menstruation and ovulation that can be identified by keeping a careful record of the dates of menstruation. A second assumption is that
Seven hundred fifty thousand teenagers, ages fifteen to nineteen, become pregnant each year (“Facts”). Teenage birth specialists have often debated whether or not teenagers should have access to birth control and other contraceptives. Although some people think teenagers having birth control will promote promiscuity, birth control should be accessible to teens because they will put themselves at a higher risk for disease and pregnancy without it, and more teenage girls would get a high school diploma with it.
Taking oral contraception is commonly known for calming excessive menstrual bleeding, regulating highly irregular menstrual cycles, treating acne, and of course preventing pregnancies. Less commonly known uses for oral contraception are that they have been proven to protect against ovarian and endometrial cancer, benign breast disease (which is a non-cancerous lump in the breast that needs to be removed
For thousands of years, people have used various birth control methods to limit the number of children in their families. Birth control encompasses a wide range of devices along with rational and irrational methods that have been used in an attempt to prevent pregnancy. It has been and remains controversial. Today, birth control is an essential part of life. In fact, 99% American women of childbearing age report using some form of contraception at one time or another (NIBH). In his book, The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution, author Jonathan Eig writes "For as long as men and women have been making babies, they 've been trying not to” (Gibson). He reports that early contraceptive options offered
“The best form of birth control is an aspirin grasp firmly between the [female] knees,” states a 1950’s old wives’ tale, the truth to the matter is birth control has not changed much since then. The female contraceptive began marketing in the 1960’s (Sohn 1). That means the pill, as it is commonly known, just celebrated its fiftieth birthday. Birth control is anything that prevents the ovum, commonly known as the egg, from meeting up with sperm cells (Planned Parenthood 2). Female hormonal pills, or patches, use levels of chemical synthesized hormones to trick the body into thinking it is carrying a baby (Planned Parenthood 3). This is used and a method of pregnancy prevention and hormone management in women. These hormones are used to get young ladies to start menstruation and fight off early signs of menopause, or the absences of menstruation for a whole year (Planned Parenthood 1). Male forms of birth control have dated back to the 1800’s; making those even changing less than female forms (Planned Parenthood 3). With years to prefect and master female birth control is still not the safest or most practical option, and with male forms being held back, birth control is still viewed as a woman’s job; however, when sex and pregnancy prevention effect both parties they both should be offered equal options to prepare and protect themselves.
Birth control has many different forms in control of reproduction, such as condoms, birth control pills, in some cases abstinence, withradral and the patch, which has come very convenient for women, there?
Birth control has been in effect for a long time. People think that the pill or condom would hold the top spot for number one, but no. What many people do not know is that sterilization is the number one form of birth control. Today sterilization is a form of contraception for more than 223 million couples (Scott and Glasier, 2003). Even though sterilization is the number one procedure it has not always been executed through the consensus of its partakers.
Birth Control should be easily available because when given birth control, teen sexual activity rates do not go up. According to Robert Gebelhoff, “Critics often argue that greater access to oral contraception with encourage young people to have more sex, and that this puts them at greater risk of sexually transmitted diseases. But as the Johns Hopkins paper explains, research doesn't support those claims. Studies show that young people did not engage in more sexually risky behavior when given greater access to condoms or emergency contraception” (Gebelhoff). John Hopkins, a very prestigious university and medical school, even says that this is not the case so this greatly used argument has been proven false. Joyce Tsai says, “More teens are
Once teens and young adults take part in sexual intercourse, they should be able to access birth control as their personal choice, and having a shared healthcare with parents is preventing that. In 2011, 6.6 million young adults took part in their parent’s health plan (The Commonwealth Fund). Teenagers aren’t able to discuss the sex topic with their parents. 88% of teenagers are worried about their parents’ reaction about talking about sexual health issues (Advocates for Youth). Teens and adults can purchase birth control at clinics, but there are still so many barriers to make a smart choice. For example, birth control pills are the cheapest forms of birth control, though several admit accessing birth control is difficult. “55% of 18-34 year olds say they’ve struggled with the cost of prescription birth control” (Bedsider). With 6.6 million young adults taking part in their parents plan, the lack of communication from the government to society to parents to their children is hindering young
The most commonly used methods of birth control are the condom and the pills. The pill is taken once a day and a pack should be completed every month. Combination pills contain estrogen and progestin. Others are progestin-only. Pills contain hormones that work in different ways. The condoms are a sheath made of thin latex or plastic to cover the penis before intercourse to keep sperm from joining egg. No matter how old one is , it is very important to use condoms with another method of birth.