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English 12: Research Podcast Task: Go to the Pro Con Research GoogleSite Select a topic from these five main areas of interest: 1) AI: medical, educational, or legal implications 2) Social media 3) Animal issues 4) Sports-related issues 5) Health related You will need to select a more narrowed down topic from these areas. My topic is OTC Birth Control https://sites.google.com/fcpsschools.net/procon-research/choosing-an-issue?authuser=1 You will be researching this controversial issue. The following I Can Standards will be addressed in this unit: 12. 3: Vocabulary I can use a variety of tools and strategies to determine the meaning of words/phrases 12.8: Research I can paraphrase information from a source to support a claim/counterclaim I can use MLA format to cite a variety of sources I can frame, analyze, and synthesize information from diverse sources to solve problems, answer questions, and generate new knowledge.

I can critically evaluate the accuracy and validity of the information while demonstrating ethical use of the internet. You will research your topic in order to create a series of 4 podcasts, each of approximately 3--5 minutes in length. I. Overview of the topic A. What is the topic? - The topic I will be researching is over-the-counter access to birth control. B. Why do people generally have differing opinions on this? What is at stake? How does this topic affect societal/communal life? - Generally, controversies about whether or not the birth control pill should be an OTC drug arise due to differences in social, political, and religious beliefs. Women’s and children’s health, as well as their economic opportunities and positions, public spending, and even growth of the nation as a whole are all at stake due to harsh rules and regulations regarding birth control. C. What concerns does each side have? - Pro-OTC Birth Control community advocates for their side saying that by reducing rates of unintended pregnancies, contraception also reduces the need for unsafe abortion and reduces HIV transmissions from mothers to newborns, increasing overall health and public safety of the nation . Easier access to the pill will not only contribute to that, but also save millions of dollars to the US taxpayers. Con-OTC birth control opinions include topics such as supply/demand concept once the pill becomes available over the counter, the uncontrolled intake of hormones daily, decrease in buyers’ privacy, and personal religious beliefs which prohibit birth control use in general. II. Perspective 1- Pro A. What is the overall reason people hold this position? - The main reason communities are pro OTC-birth control is to promote women’s health and safety. Another important reason is economic growth of the nations by contributing to contraceptive access, so these more advantaged women are able to plan for and delay childbearing and invest in their education and careers, resulting in higher labor force participation, better jobs, and higher wages. B. What evidence do they cite? What does the research say about this point of view? - Research mainly supports this point of view as there is much positive evidence of the birth control use in history, such as the increase in labor force and specialization after the Women’s Rights movements and availability of the pill due the suffrage. III. Perspective 2 - Con A. What is the overall reason people hold this position? - Some are against the OTC- Birth control access because of their beliefs that the pill in general causes health and other concerns for women, decreases their privacy, causes issues in traditional family roles, and contradicts religious beliefs.