Argument On Birth Control

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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 …show more content…

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 …show more content…

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.

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