Contraception “WHICH ONE?”
There are many forms of contraception. Contraception is a form of
birth control. Although, some methods of contraception also protect
from STD‘s (sexual transmitted diseases). How well birth control
works depends on a number of factors. These include medical
conditions, or are people taking any drugs prescribed or not. Whether
it is convenient, or if it causes any side effects. The main forms of
contraception in order of the most commonly used through out the
world.
Pill, condoms, female sterilisation, vasectomy, mini pill (POP-
Progesterone Only Pill), the cap (including diaphragm), coil, natural
family planning-rhythm method, contraception jab and mirena (IUS -
Implants/Patch(EVRA)).
The Pill or the combined pill contains Estrogens and Progesterone was
introduced in Puerto-Rico in 1956. In 2005 it was calculated that 3.5
million women used this method in the U.K, which is 1 in every 3 women
that are of reproductive age, over 100 million women in the world are
known to use this form of contraception.
The pill works by preventing the egg from being produced, it also
thickens the secretions around the cervix, making it more difficult
for sperm to get through. There are an incredible 23 brands on the
market, in the U.K today. Some women can get confused with the
combined pill and the mini pill. The advantages of the combined pill
are varied, it is known to protect against cancer of the womb and
ovaries, it prevents osteoporosis, and it also regulates periods and
helps with PMS one advantage that a lot of mature adults like about
the pill is that unlike condoms, it does not interfere wit...
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...aemic (weak blood) while having the coil inside of them.
EFFECTIVENESS
Combined pill
97% (if taken as proscribed, more likely 100%)
Condom
98% (protects from STD’s)
Femidom
95%
Injection (Jab/Jag)
99.7%
Coil/IUD
98%
The choices of contraception methods are quite varied with a number of
considerations to be made before you decide which one is best for you,
my personal opinion would be to use condoms as I would rather know
that I have some protection from STDs as well as not getting pregnant.
H.L.Benson
Bibliography
www.netdoctor.co.uk 08/10/2005
Conception, pregnancy and Birth. Dr Miriam
Stoppard. 11/10/2005
The
Observer
12/02/2004
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A thin, stretchy sheath about two inches in diameter and six to eight inches long, designed to be worn over penis during sex. Condoms form a physical barrier between penis and the vagina. After ejaculation the tip of the condom holds the semen and prevents it from traveling to woman's reproductive system to fertilize the egg.
The number of abortions that result in the approval of RU-486 shouldn't be our main concern. If there is a reason to be concerned, it should be on the ethical and moral issues that stem from the reproductive rights of women in America. Without question, abortion is an extremely controversial issue in today's society. However, the different attitudes of abortion activists are more important factors than that which involve the actual abortion procedure.
The subject of abortion has created some of the most controversial, social, and moral debates in United States history. On Jan. 22, 1973, in the case Roe Vs. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that it was a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion during the first trimester of the pregnancy (The Ruling). Still other interest groups argue that human life begins at conception and having an abortion is murder to an unborn child. These opposing viewpoints create a delicate political and social debate in which the lives of unborn children are placed in the center. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the RU 486 “abortion pill”, citing that the “overall safety of the pill is excellent”(Food and Drug). This scientific development has the potential to make abortions much more accessible and private to American women. I believe that the abortion pill harbors great qualities for women who choose abortion, yet is an enormous medical setback because it will cost the lives of so many more unborn children.
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Who should be responsible for stopping the 120 million sperm that are released during a male orgasm from fertilizing a female’s egg? The context of that question has been a societal debate in terms of the consequences of unplanned pregnancy and whether it is a female, male or both sexes responsibility to practice “safe sex”. Introducing the birth control pill for women in the 1960s created a huge controversy between sexual conservatives and the women who would benefit from the pill, but the responsibility still remained in the hands of women. However, as medicine has advanced and the possibility of a male birth control pill has amounted, many wonder if the same issues would arise if a male birth control pill did in fact become available. In order to understand the effects on society of both individual female and male responsibilities it is essential that the women birth control pill is discussed, the male pill and lastly, what the stigmas and potential effects of both birth control pills mean.
opposed to a 8.8 in 100,000 chance of dying from giving birth to a child. This same study proved
Dozens of couples in the United Kingdom are opting to have this done so they can give birth to free from disease
While watching “Half of the Sky” video extras, there were short videos of women telling their story. There were multiple stories dealing with women having too many children because that was all they were supposedly good for. A woman in a video died because she had complication during labor. She had three babies within three years prior to her death and that was not uncommon in her country. If a woman were not able to conceive a child, they would never find love, it is the Survival of the Fittest. This was causing an over population as well causing diseases in the females that were sometimes fatal. A fistula is a hole in the vaginal wall that lets feces come out of the vagina, which are caused during childbirth. These women are left by their families due to their smell and are humiliated because there is nothing to help them. There are two million women living with a fistula and only 14,000 are treated each
Expecting to completely eliminate abortions from the face of the earth by making them illegal and getting rid of the facilities that provide them is an awfully absurd idea due to the fact that abortions will never cease to exist. Induced abortions have taken place all over the world, and “societies have [been struggling with] the issue of abortion for millennia” (Abortion). Within countries where abortions are essentially illegal, many turn to unsafe abortion methods, usually performed by unskilled practitioners (Chapter 5). These procedures are “often unsanitary… and [result] in the death or mutilation of many women” (Abortion). In areas where these services are not attainable, many women are prompted to seek out specialists to assist them in dangerous and surreptitious methods of abortion such as repeated blows to the stomach and the insertion of bizarre objects in the vagina and cervix. However, abortion-related deaths are usually quite rare in developed countries where the service is both legal and accessible. It is estimated...
What exactly is birth control? Birth control means things that can be done to ensure that pregnancy only happens if and when wanted. Nowadays there are a great variety of ways to assure birth control. However, there is only one way that can be considered 100 percent secure. The more it is known about birth control options, the better chances of avoiding an unwanted pregnancy and reducing the risks of getting a sexually transmitted disease, including AIDS.