1946 saw the birth of the Baby Boom era with more than 3.8 million babies born in that year alone.The baby boom lasted until 1964, when we saw a drastic decrease in births. This sudden and very beneficial decline could in part be attributed to the availability of birth control. Birth control, otherwise known as “contraceptives,” are very useful to many women (62%). While birth control is seen by many as a great advantage, those who disagree with it still view contraceptives as taboo or a violation of a sacred right. Contraceptives, not only help in healthy family planning, but also have many beneficial side effects for women’s health, there for the government should keep funding Birth Control as well as places that help women receive contraceptives …show more content…
If that occurs, over population will occur, or deaths. Birth control has a variety of benefits, like improving women’s medical conditions. It is known that if females have menstrual problems, endometriosis, or fibroid tumors in the uterus, birth control helps these situations get better. This isn’t “endangering women” it 's helping them. Without any form of contraceptives, women have an 85% chance of getting pregnant within a year. There are many medical or private matters to why women get birth control. It’s not only about trying not to get pregnant, it maybe about attempting to avoid abortion, or the medical benefits it has such as avoiding heavy or painful mestrations. Birth control is not for everybody, which is why before you decide to get it, consult with your doctor. These benefits and disadvantages that come along with birth control are very life changing, but people don’t seem to realize that the risks when taking contraceptives are very minor, meanwhile the benefits are really making a difference to your …show more content…
There are about twelve more types, and yes, they do come with risks but most importantly it’s benefits. For example, take the birth control pill, the risk for this specific type of contraceptive is it may increase your chance in getting cervical or liver cancer. However, it also helps fight against ovarian and endometrial cancer. Every form of contraceptive is different, so obtaining information about them will be useful. Throughout time, most of these contraceptives have been found very useful. This is always that handful of people who have found it rather useless due to not getting the benefits women may have been looking for when taking it. Birth control has a 99.9% of working on it’s primary job, to prevent pregnancy, and sometimes that .01% just happens to become a reality. Then it’s the woman 's decision to keep the baby, put it for adoption, or abort
Subsequently, the provided documents on the birth control movement did show the push and pull factors of the complicated and multifaceted debate. Americas push towards industrial growth, and technology demanded that the subsequent progressive reforms were needed for a society ushering in a new era. At the same time, fear and reluctance to abandon tradition and religious custom acted as the pulling factor. The birth control debate was a complicated and heavily charged debate teemed in religious, social, political, and racial rhetoric. Historical documents help shed new light on the things taken for granted today, even the most seemingly innocuous things like birth control were fought for, so that men and women today could be in charge of their own destinies.
When legally introduced to society in 1960, the Pill stirred up a long period of controversy. The availability of the Pill had great impact on women’s health, social life, laws, religion, family, relationships, morality and sexuality. Initially conceived to be highly effective and safe, the Pill left many women with side effects – few which led to several fatalities. Before the Pill was created, many women postponed sex due to the social norm and fear of becoming pregnant before marriage. Families grew large and it was typical for a woman to have multiple children caused by the lack of birth control. Due to regulations, such as the Comstock laws, many people supported the prohibition of the Pill and other family planning practices. However, many women believed in the right to control their own body when it came to procreation. Despite the controversies, the Pill left lasting impacts, such as by opening society to the sexual revolution and...
The topic of birth control in public schools has attracted much support from the American public from surveyed statistics. For example, a 2006 Associated Press-Ipsos survey discovered that 67% of Americans support the provision of contraceptives to students. This study also determined that, “About as many - 62 percent - said they believe providing birth control reduces the number of teenage pregnancies” (Associated Press). Such a huge percentage suggests that Americans are very concerned about the increasing cases of teen pregnancies and would eagerly adopt any method that has a possibility of reducing this problem. In addition, the subjects in the poll indicated that they believe that contraception usage in schools has the potential of reducing teenage pregnancies. Many American people support the view points, that schools should offer contraceptives to students in schools. This can really help minimize...
Just imagine a 17 year old girl sitting on her bathroom floor. She is staring at this plastic stick that is now going to determine her choices for the rest of her life. The little plus sign causes her stomach to tense up and her throat to choke up. Who will help her? Who will pay for the food her and her baby need? Who is the father? Will she finish high-school and go to college? How will her parents react? This young girl has a choice that will have major impact on her life no matter what she decides. What if she was able to decide when and how she wanted these decisions/questions to come up? That young girl isn’t the only girl thinking about this choice; actually thousands of girls are. The United States has the highest teenage
Some major disadvantages and symptoms of birth control methods include possible heart attacks, possible blood clots, depression, body tenderness, drug interactions, and weight gain (“Birth Control Pills Advantages and Disadvantages”). Though the medical disadvantages of birth control are some ways to take away the access of it to women, most companies refuse this right to their employees because of their own personal beliefs. Birth control is usually a touchy subject for those who associate themselves with Christianity. Those who disapprove of birth control methods feel as though a person should have only one sexual partner in their lifetime and that they should only have sex within marriage. Then they feel as though birth control is not needed because God will send a child to a married couple at the time he sees fit. The bosses of these companies believe that taking away the access to affordable birth control from their employees will somehow stop sex out of wedlock and possibly prevent unwanted
There are many things missing in this paper, first of you start your paper with this quoting “(Everyone at one point has said the words “It’s my body, I can do whatever I want to it if it’s not affecting others)” I don’t know if you support that idea but in my view I found it very wrong, in other words people can say is my body I can decide not to take a shower for the rest of my life on Earth, I decide not to brush my teeth, I decide to take a gun to class and if anyone piss me of i can shoot them, the problem over here is if we all decide to do whatever I don’t think we will live in a peaceful nation anymore, and the question is How do you know is not affecting others around you? The writer can best convince me of why they support the idea of birth control, the writer making it seem as if Birth Control is the only method to prevent pregnancy is not there are many other ways to prevent
The most popular form of birth control is the pill. The reason for this is that it is said to be very effective against pregnancy if used correctly, it makes menstrual periods more regular and lighter, they decrease menstrual cramps and acne, makes you less likely to get ovarian and uterine cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, ovarian cysts, and anemia, and last but not least, it doesn’t interrupt love making. Those are the good things about the pill. There are also a list of negative things: the pill doesn’t protect against S...
Advertisements about birth control pills and abortion clinics are never seen on television or even on billboards, but somehow people discover ways of acquiring birth control pills and finding abortion clinics. In a country where we can acquire certain items for free we tend to not think about who supplies or pay’s for these items. In every single state of the United States, birth control pills and abortion clinics can be found just around the corner. Based on “Pro Life Actions,” there are approximately 750 abortion clinics all over the United States. Also, with the help of “Planned Parent Hood,” bir...
When it comes health care, feminine care is often overlooked because it is not usually life threatening with some radical exceptions. However, every woman can potentially be targeted by any one of the diseases or infections that have been proven to be prevented by using contraceptive methods that make changes in hormone secretion. Not only does oral contraception have significant medical relevance, but so do intrauterine devices. IUD 's have been proven to treat and prevent many of the same diseases as oral contraception. Even if the prevention of numerous types of cancers, tumors, and other life threatening medical conditions was not a good enough reason for insurances to provide coverage for the cost of birth control methods, we can also take a look at what types of medications are in fact covered by many private health insurance
Of the many social challenges we face globally today, there is one that is a much larger threat to the human population than others. That threat is the rate in which or population is increasing in all countries around the world, including Canada. Many people who live in the western and more developed countries of the world believe that this issue is isolated to the developing countries that are less educated in the use of birth control and contraceptives. Canada’s national population increases around 2% each year and around 4-5% a year in some of the Northern communities. The global world population is increasing at 1.06% each year, now, although that number does not sound incredibly high that 1.06
Furthermore, birth control has made a huge impact on society. Whether people view it as negative or positive it has allowed for change and sexual responsibility. Therefore, if eventually both male and female have the option to take or be injected with a form of birth control then who knows that revolutions that could bring forth.
Due to the dominance of men and masculinity in our society, women have been required to protest and fight for rights. Whether the rights were social, health, legal or educational if women want something done they must force and reason with men to gain access to those rights. One of the salient causes that women have fought for and are still fighting for in this day of age is the full control of our bodies, specifically concerning reproduction. On account of being passionate about women’s rights, my topic is birth control and how it is portrayed and represented in different media sources that have liberal and conservative views and beliefs, I followed this topic by tracking coverage from the Washington Post and New York Times. Before I started
When I hear the words birth control, I think of the practice of preventing unwanted pregnancies, and trying to avoid diseases. There are many different types of birth controls like pills, shots, patches, condoms, etc. They will continue to grow throughout the years due to all the rates of disease and unwanted pregnancies in young adults.
In John Shea’s article “Birth Control Results in More Abortions,” he argues that “contraception has not only led to a greater number of abortions, but has also resulted in an increase in sexually transmitted infections and promiscuity” (Shea, paragraph 1). He goes on to explain how more women who are on the pill have sex because they think it will 100% protect them from getting pregnant. A great number of women still get pregnant while on the pill, which results in more abortions. The author points out that, “Using the oral contraceptive before the first child is born causes a 40% increase in the risk of breast cancer. Taking it for four
The glamorous side of sex is everywhere; music, tv shows, movies and social media. To a mature adult, it is easy to ignore the sexual messages in those outlets. However, to a teenager, going through mental and physical changes and peer pressure, it is extremely easy to fall for what is shown to “cool.” Everyone has fallen for half truths to be cool in their teenage life. It just so happens that teen pregnancies and STDs are not one of those things that one can simply walk away from. Babies and STDs leave a lasting effect on everyone involved. The National Conference of State Legislatures states: