Welcome to America: land of opportunity and most importantly, free. Well, unless you're a young, possibly teenage girl seeking birth control. We have people with extreme morals and religious beliefs making those decisions for you! Let us not forget the people saying sex education is tainting our youth's brains, yet wonder why they lack the basic knowledge on STDs. Remember, "Choice is an essence of personal freedom," (Brooks, ...About Life Control). Therefore leading to the point that birth control should be complimentary to all. Giving girls of all ages birth control is about handing them something essential: life control. It should ultimately be up to the girl on how she wants to control her life. We shouldn't have people interfere with these girls' options just because of morals or religious beliefs. Little Amanda seeking out birth control in order to protect herself and controlling her life should not have to fret because Carole from the Church says it goes against her beliefs. The talk of complementary birth control has, "...generated numerous lawsuits because so many Americans have strong religious and moral objections," (Turner, ...Sex Without Consequence). I do respect …show more content…
all religions and the beliefs that come along with it. However, I do not believe it is up the religious people of this nation to say what stays and what goes. If you do not believe in birth control, do not take it. Simply because "...while providing health care and protecting civil liberties may seem costly, asking young women to sacrifice either comes at a much greater cost," (Brooks, ...About Life Control). There are many benefits that come along with free birth control.
The obvious one being that we, " [have] brought teen pregnancies and abortions to a historic low," (Gilliam, ...Only the Start). However, this was only achievable on behalf of high-quality health care. With nurses with proper training being able to guide these young girls, we're able to achieve the same results in the future. Further benefits would be shrinking the Welfare percentage. Welfare is a topic people definitely go ballistic over. Welfare is especially popular for young moms or teen moms since they cannot afford to live without it. Here's the perfect opportunity for America to cut those rates. If you're as a matter of fact actually are serious about cutting those rates, free contraception is a good place to
start. Although many people have shown the positive sides to complimentary birth control, people seem to have doubts. A major fault in this debate is STDs. We have people presuming that giving people birth control can, "destroy life, not prevent one," (Mancini, ...Risks and Effects). The issue here is that most of the people who connect those two are usually the people who vote out Sex Ed. to be taught in school because it "taints our youth's brain." The apprehension about STDs would not be an issue if our teenagers were given the basic knowledge on STDs, how they're transmitted, and how they affect you. Indeed, STDs are something very serious within our nation and should be taken seriously. However, the withdrawal of birth control isn't the way to stop STDs. In fact, it could possibly bring more damage to the situation. Birth control is definitely an extremely controversial topic which is loved by some and hated by others. However, if we stop letting morals and religious beliefs stand in our way, together we can better our nation with free contraception. From shrinking Welfare rates to having young girls take control of their life all while protecting themselves. It's the obvious choice to provide young girls with contraception.
First of I just want to take this time to congratulate you on meeting the requirement of the paper, it was an honor to read about your topic on Birth Control. From reading the paper I can honestly see the hard work you put into it. While reading your paper I notice the use of standard vocabulary words, I found this to be a great idea, in my view it help to persuade readers on the level of text they’re reading, but in other words the paper is not graded on how much vocabulary words you can come up with, I’m not saying using standard vocabulary is a horrible thing but instead focusing your paper on vocabulary words that might get your reader confused and have them searching the web for definition, I honestly advice since this is a argumentative
The question of whether or not public schools must offer birth control methods to teenagers remains controversial. There are those who are against birth control being provided in public schools and those who are against it. This paper will describe two issues that prove that contraception should indeed be provided within public schools. The first reason is that most Americans support the idea that public schools must provide birth control methods to students. This is according to results obtained from several opinion polls.
The birth control pill was made to help women from having kids (while on the pill) because back in the 1960’s married women went through multiple pregnancies and this took quite a toll on their physical and mental health. It wasn’t just to control the births of American women, but also the women in foreign third world countries, seeing as they were already beginning to be overpopulated and living mostly in poverty. According to A Critique of the Sexual Revolution:
If you and your significant other had a child, would you want to be there to not only support your partner, but to see your child’s first milestones in real life? Of course you would! The problem is most parents miss crucial parts of their child’s life because of the lack of paid maternity and paternity leave in the United States. New families, across the nation, should be allowed a minimum six months of paid maternity leave.
Non-religious and religious groups both support contraception for a number of good reasons one of the arguments they use in favor of contraception is that in the USA, about 56 percent of women between 16 to 45 years old practice birth control. When birth control is not used about 85/86 percent of sexually active parents experience a pregnancy. Contraception clearly prevents unwanted pregnancies, which if the woman has any medical ailments could result in death of the mother or of the child or both.
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
People buy health insurance to cover their medical expenses because accidents and health problems can arise at any time. Many health services are not reaching the medical needs of women and giving them exactly what they need and people don’t realize that there is more to birth control then what it seems. There are a lot of benefits from birth control and it is not just women trying to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Some examples of these benefits include; healthier skin, stopping menstrual flow, and preventing pelvic inflammatory disease. Society needs to be more aware of these benefits so that these women start getting the medical attention that they need. Therefore, birth control should be 100% covered by all insurance companies.
These birth control methods make semi-safe sex possible. *** A ban on birth control would mean acts of unprotected intercourse because the lack of protection wouldn’t stop people from having sex. Therefore women who might not be responsible enough for children or just didn’t want them would end up aborting the children they just simply weren’t ready to have. (Dail)
What is life? No one seems able to agree, and there is no side in between. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, as well as one of the most seemingly unsolvable controversies. Pro-life advocates claim that abortion equates to full-on murder, while pro-choice advocates claim that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. With the right to an abortion under attack more and more, even clinics finding themselves under actual gunfire, abortion becomes a bigger debate topic than ever. A woman is a person more than the fetus inside of her, and she deserves to make whatever choice she wishes about her own body. Women should have safe, easy access to abortion in all cases.
People will at least once, probably more, have to deal with insurance companies. For many, this typically results in a long, and heated struggle of figuring out what is covered, and what is not. It is also usually accompanied by negotiating something to be covered, and giving justification of why it should. Almost anyone will agree that handling insurance companies is as bad as pulling teeth. This is said to be true even when the medical diagnoses are concrete in the social construct of society. Many insurances will not cover things as dyer as cancer. If this is so commonly believed, imagine how it is for the illness that are not concrete; illnesses such as bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and schizophrenia. All phrases that are commonly heard in media, but widely accepted as untrue illnesses, or educated
Women’s reproductive rights and health has become socially constructed because government policies and social conditions influence these issues. One area of women’s reproductive rights and health that has become influenced by government policies is abortion. Abortion is a very controversial topic in today’s world. There are a lot of misconceptions and hidden facts about what actually happens. Studies say that “restricting legal abortion does not reduce abortion incidence and legalizing abortion does not increase it; rates are lowest in countries where it is legal and contraceptives and reproductive health information are widely available” (Burn, 53). In developed countries 92% of abortions are safe and in developing countries 55% are unsafe
Female contraception was first defined in the late 1800’s as the deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by various techniques, drugs, or devices. The access of female contraception for women has been a subject of debate for thousands of years. Women should have access to contraception because of the health benefits it provides not only physically, but mentally. The use of female contraception supports gender equality, and lastly, the use of contraception provides new arguments against an aging Catholic church.
Life is full of uncertainties. Risk lurks in every nook and corner of human life. In short, life is unpredictable. We need to be prepared for such circumstances. Leading a happy life, involves good planning and analysis for your personal health. Accidents do happen and you need to be prepared for such situations. In times of high health cost, you need to get covered for health risks.
Did you know that only ONE percent of women that get abortions are rape victims? Which means the other women who decides to get an abortion just wants to take the easy way out. People will say it is murder, others will object and say it is just a fetus. Millions of babies die everyday without even being born because of abortion. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless people all around the world and is legal in some countries. A Lot of people take advantage of abortion and chooses to abuse it and use it as a birth control method. Abortion should be illegal everywhere, unless a life threatening matter occurs.There have been an increasing number of abortion cases throughout the world.
Far and away the most common method of birth control today is the birth control pill. The pill is relatively easy to obtain through Planned Parenthood clinics, the price is not unreasonable, and the pill has an excellent record of success in pregnancy prevention. However, the pill places all the burden of birth control on women, and although it is usually the women who have the most to lose in unwanted pregnancy, shouldn't [GR#1] men take some of the responsibility for birth control, too? Plus, the pill is something that users must remember to take every day, even if they do not engage in sex for months or years. The pill may have the added advantages of making menstrual cycles more regular, and decreasing the sometimes painful intensity of a woman's periods, but as far as being purely a method of birth control, the pill has drawbacks, too. Besides being something that the user must remember to take each and every day regardless of the frequency of sexual activity, being on the pill involves visits to the doctor's office or to Planned Parenthood with annual or even more frequent exams and tests that may be unpleasant and cost more money.